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Hello everyone. Welcome to Friday night. I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:

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Fido Friday: Purrrr


Good point

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King of battle

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Sing along


My disasters are scratch cooked

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This place has great customer service

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Double dog dare


Romance based on current events

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It's-a Pizza

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Welcome to NATO


Tough week for the libs

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I'm getting tired of waiting

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"Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"


Truth

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BOO!

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Suicide by cop


What a tangled web we weave...

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Game to scare the kiddies

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When you hit an oil slick in mid air


This is absolutely how these things always go

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Ents:

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Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 Yay, Friday Night ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok)

2 I'm a conservative.

I conserve momentum.

🤩

Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (FMpsC)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

4 On a more mercenary note;

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I)

5 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx)

6 Blanco victorious.

I'll go tell the cafe.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (FMpsC)

7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)

8 Regarding the man filming his daughter - I took a terrific photography class during college. We did all kinds of very cool stuff: sound activated shutters, super long exposures, high speed objects, etc. Lots of fun.

Our professor warned us though - he said something like, you can either photograph an event or experience it - never both.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)

9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.

Without BC & SK.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (FMpsC)

10 We need to cut California off that map too. Does Australia have any rational territories we could trade it for?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:06 PM (nYv2H)

11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

12 Detained by Desire. Good one, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (n4Qav)

13 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

14
Shite. Reading content like a fooking newbie. Could have been #3.


*i read the content, and clicked the linkies*


Nice ONT Wierd Dave, thank you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho)

15 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

Build AWFL trebuchets. We never seem to run out of AWFLs.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)

16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.

Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)

17 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (hybOl)

18 Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?

And the ents??

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)

19 I am never going to be able to hear "Chariots Of Fire" the same way again. Thanks a lot.

Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....

Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)

20 Good one, Mr. WeirdDave. Couldn't stop perusing long enough to drop an egregious dull comment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and now I did at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC)

21 Thanks for the ONT, WD!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 16, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

22 What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon

If you have already gone to direct fire and then have run out of shells, you have way bigger problems than just the shells.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

23 Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)

Chicago Book of Style vs Associated Press?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav)

24 That bird doing the spin midair was kind of cool. I'm guessing he is a hawk and his name is Tony.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:17 PM (nYv2H)

25 Had to ask MiladyJo on the pizza one. Style guides, she guesses. Oh, yeah. Ok. Chicago style guide was outside my frame of reference.

Doesn't the AP style guide insist on they/them pronouns? And no Oxford commas?
🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the stuff I used to know at January 16, 2026 10:18 PM (FMpsC)

26 Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

27 "Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"

I haven't done much fishin', but my thought was, that looks kinda small.

Then he threw it back. Maybe I ain't as unfisherman as I think I be?

Posted by: mindful webworker - good catch, though, at January 16, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC)

28 I don't get the pizza one.

But I guess that means my sense of humor has room to grow.

This is good

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:21 PM (ciYHQ)

29
Ents?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (QOikT)

30 That dog "purring" is pretty darn cute!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx)

31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)


Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

32 9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.

Without BC & SK.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing
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Ad a little here, cut some slack over there, make Putri Rico a state and you've got DEMOCRACY.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I)

33 There are worse gifts than a trip to Florida to see the manatees.

At my mother's former residence, there was a dock out back that I occasionally fished off of. Every so often we would have some manatees come by to visit while doing so. Very fun to see them float by.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (nYv2H)

34 There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.

I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.

My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

35 Malory Archer RIP

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n)

36 Great good evening, Horde!

WD--I'm still laughing at all the great memes here.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (D6+4s)

37 Love the doggo getting his ear-rubbys!

Cute.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm)

38 What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

* Warthog has entered the chat *

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ciYHQ)

39 Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....

The "Gilligans Island" theme fits in that mix as well. "Amazing grace" to the "Gilligans Island" theme is quite a hoot.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (8JzZF)

40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:27 PM (x4Mz/)

41 7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)

Sorry. When I saw on the internet that those were termites, not crabs, it became an emergency.

Posted by: Pinocchio at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)

42 There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.

I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.

My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

***

When I was commissioned, it was for a regular army slot in military intelligence. As part of the process back then, I did a year detail in field artillery so I did my OBC at Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

43 Ents?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

There is unrest in the forest
Trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ciYHQ)

44 Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right? The giant tree people?

I never have been able to get into those books - then again, my knowledge of classic literature is pretty much non-existent. The year I would have gotten a good grounding in that the only times the class was offered at my high school were also the only times the 2 advanced science classes I wanted to take were offered.

So science it was. Engineering curriculum in college didn't require any literature courses, and after that I was busy studying and being a new bride.

I read, but just never got around to reading the classics.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

45 MN regime change, not sale to Canada

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd)

46 Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
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Yesterday's compliment is today's lawsuit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (3UR/I)

47 31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
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Well, if you have the USS Iowa offshore....

Posted by: clarence at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (f2oT+)

48 Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

49 Canada: (Looks at the mess in Minnesota) Oh, HELL no!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (sS8Vs)

50 Greetings All

Thank you for ONT Weird Dave

Coupla questions:

What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Second - I don't get the Chicago vs AP pizza.

Be back later to read thru all comments as is my wont...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH)

51 Hey Theresa! How are you, girl?

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (D6+4s)

52 40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

It was a tumbler pigeon.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (vzcgi)

53 Not a fan of Chicago pizza. The best I can say about it is that it's better than that Hawaiian pizza with pineapple.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

54 I always liked the Ents, was rooting for them the whole time

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (pscAN)

55
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)

56 Evening all.


FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe

In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.

THAT IS TREASON


https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)

57 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?

He is constantly edging with dudes.

Too much smoke there.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)

58 Teresa,
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

59 A Ladyl sighting!

Almost as rare as an honest dem.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

60 59 A Ladyl sighting!

Almost as rare as an honest dem.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

I'm gonna try to visit more often!

How are ya?

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (D6+4s)

61 56 Evening all.


FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe

In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.

THAT IS TREASON

https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)

Well...WaPo reporter...they do this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd)

62 16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)

I believe the proper Law Enforcement term is DRT. As in "Dead rat there!"

Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 16, 2026 10:37 PM (saXwr)

63 Ents are the shepherds/protectors of trees and wild forests, created by the Vala Yavanna specifically to defend plants against exploitation (originally foreseen as a counter to the Dwarves' hunger for wood and stone)

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ciYHQ)

64 Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)


In fairness though...

Amazing Grace - 1772
O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868
House of the Rising Sun - 1930s

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ExV1e)

65 ENT?

There used to be an EMT before there was a Morning Report.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

66 A friend raised pigeons when we were young.
If I recall correctly, he raised three types. Homing pigeons, raised for longest trips back to the coop. Racers, raised for fastest trip back to the coop.
And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (sl73Y)

67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.

You know, we live on the edge down here!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

68 That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.

Posted by: Mario's Pizza at January 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

69 What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)


Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)

70 Thnx and great ONT Dave!

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Vvo0d)

71 Y'ever wonder why they call it Longbottom leaf?

Posted by: The Ents at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q)

72 Trump is bragging on X about supposedly getting Iran to NOT hang 800 people.
When thousands have been murdered.

But at least Trump got to hang out with the Stanley Cup champs, and that's something we can all take pride in!

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)

74 Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

Right? It was weird when I did not hear the whoomp and the thud.

It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)


The theory is that chicks don't give up secrets for the promise of sex. O'Keefe would have to hand them stacks of cash to get them to give up the info.

DC Dudes, OTOH...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (ExV1e)

76 >>And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.

Well, of course.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

77 I approve of the map up top. Minnesota can go to hell or Canada, I don't care.

Posted by: Case at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (4rWc3)

78 67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.

You know, we live on the edge down here!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

Sounds grand to me!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (D6+4s)

79 I have enjoyed the ONT offerings. I know that dog noise. I have made that noise myself.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)

80 I was watching a video about the impacts of nuclear war and obviously its a horrible possibility people have been considering for decades but one thing I haven't see commented on - would the animals that survived develop a higher tolerance to radiation then animals generally have now?

Presumably any mutation that would increase your resistance to damage from radiation would dramatically increase your changes of survival...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)

81 That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza

It is not good dough.
It is Bisquick.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

82 I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.
Posted by: Diogenes

Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (vzcgi)

83 It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)


I was at Herzo Base in Germany. Just two battalions there, an 8 inch (I was the S2) and a Lance Battalion. Also the 210th Group HQ.
A great assignment!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

84 Evening, WD, and ONT Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)

85 Great ONT - thanks WeirdDave

Also, no thank you to lumping BC into the trade. It is lovely, but as liberal as can be

Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (hdZBB)

86 …he only times the class was offered at my high school…

When I was in college, there was an English class that covered Tolkien and some other classic fantasy authors. I saw no reason whatsoever to have gone to college to do the work involved in a course like that, but I was interested in the topic. So I just showed up at the class and didn’t do any of the work.

I didn’t completely think it through, though. The professor liked to have pop quizzes; whenever he announced that today was a quiz day, I would walk out, assuming that the fact that it was a giant pop-culture class with literally hundreds of students in an auditorium would hide me. It did not. The last time I walked out, he addressed me directly telling me I wasn’t going to pass the course if I didn’t take the tests.

Which of course wasn’t a problem, but it did threaten the anonymity I craved then and still do. I would’ve been that guy in 1776: The Musical who voted for independence just so that no one knew my name.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK)

87
THAT IS TREASON

https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223

==============

I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (x4Mz/)

88 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
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I had forgotten that.

Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (FqCIy)

89 I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia


When ICE started using real bullets. 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:49 PM (sui1r)

90 The problem with Alberta is it's full of hosers. If they can't step up their game in the Stanley Cup we trade them to Russia.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 10:50 PM (BSdIE)

91 LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (hxusQ)

92 Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.
Posted by: Diogenes at

That's when you have to decide either to tell him, or to take it to the grave with you.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (sl73Y)

93 include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California

Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)

94 Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)

95 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

If that doesn’t work you call on ole Davy Crockett

Posted by: Javems at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (zFsEm)

96 I am all nostalgic for the Army now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

97
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)

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The women expose their disloyalty on social media, and in presentations to friendly audiences. O'Keefe chases them down the street asking them to comment.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (XeO61)

98 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?

I vaguely recall seeing his GF in some pictures of him and...she is a dime.

O'Keefe isn't the one flirting with gay lefties.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)

99 Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)

Being the S2 in an 8 inch battalion meant I was the defacto FO since we didn't have any organic ones. Best job to have and I spent every Graf trip on the OPs. Coldest I've ever been though. And lots of wild boar. My only break was for NRAS.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

100 — → publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor
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Specifically, who is the contractor?
What company does he work for?
Who hired him?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (3UR/I)

101 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

It would be feasible to build a highway from northern Saskatchewan to link up with the Alcan Highway. But probably more practical to make the three main E/W highways (and railways) neutral territory insofar as the rights of way go. Treat them sort of like toll roads; an Alberta licence plate would let you enter/exit those highways at will, no stop required. Plate from any other province would be dinged for a fee for every entry and exit, save for highway rest stops and gas stations.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)

102 Alberta, and a province to be named later.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 10:59 PM (/F7JY)

103 When I was at the Falcon heavy demo launch, I’d been told don’t take any pictures. Just watch it. Amazing advice. I’d pass that along to anyone who’s going to a launch.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (z3oKc)

104 That's a lame-o pizza pie. Can we give Chicago to Canada too? Put some gravy on it at least, sheesh.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (BSdIE)

105 I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)


Use a buffer on the floor.
Polish your boots.
Make some SOS for breakfast.
Have a bier.
It'll pass.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

106 That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

107 Can't tell a Vancouverite from a Washingtonian.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3UR/I)

108 I'm getting tired of waiting
=
+1000

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (vSvIl)

109 Chicago style pizza is not pizza.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (KDPiq)

110 I'm still laughing about a meme about the Democrats' 2028 Presidential Primary. Maduro is ranked third, kicking Peter to 4th.

I know it's a joke, but it's also possible.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)

111 include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)

Great idea!
I've met some ladies from Saskatchewan. Not everything is flat in Saskatchewan.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

112
A bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop drivers.

The story is at Daily Mail.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)

113 The swap with Canada would resolve that Lake of the Woods thing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

114 I think that cop shooting thing was staged: it’s too perfect.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

That's what she said.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

116
73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)

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In the before time, the possibility of blackmail
was cited as justification for a ban. Now that the gays are out and proud, they betray secrets to be fabulous, and humiliate anybody who trusted them. It turns out that "gay" correlates with "character defects, and delusions." Who knew?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (XeO61)

117 Here's the thing. Canadas economy depends on oil. Oil pays for welfare programs in Ontario and trans lesbian dance classes in Vancouver.

Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.

Canada is fckd, eh?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)

118 Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?

Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)

119 @FoxNews
·
9h
REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?"

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt)

120 Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)

Can I be her boyfriend if I defend her?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (KDPiq)

121 It's hard to say what the best of Cobra is.

But the part in the denoument where the cult leader says "your Courts are civilized, aren't they, pig?" and then Stallone says "this is where the law stops, and I start!" and then hooks him up on a crucible is probably it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)

122 42 -- Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)

123 LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.

If you read any of his (unpublished during his lifetime) backgrounds, such as the Silmarillion, they are literally choirs of angels around God creating the world.

I’m currently reading volume 5 of Christopher Tolkien’s collection of his father’s writings and it’s fascinating.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)

124 115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

That's what she said.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

All artillery is 8 inches on the internet.

Posted by: Dog Posting Online at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (FJl0E)

125
I convinced myself.
Posted by: Don Black

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Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)

126 I'm thinking we could frack Venezuela into the ocean and it would be one for the history books. Like a modern day Atlantis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE)

127 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
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Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 16, 2026 11:14 PM (epPlm)

128 Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.

Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)

Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B)

129 Chinese are over fishing the Pacific.

A sub off the coast of South America could radio fisher boat 1 (from where? out of nowhere) and tell him to prepare rescue for boat 2 and 3. Do the same with boat 4. Then sink boat 2,3,5 and 6.

Then go to the South China Sea and do the same thing and leave.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (3UR/I)

130 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver


It's not a retaliation, it's a response to escalation. Totally different, FO bitch.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y)

131 Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right?…
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth


Definitely a candidate for entry into The Big Book of Hilarious Autoincorrects.

(Read the Lord of the Rings to find out what the landlord Rents charged Saruman.)
🤔

Posted by: mindful webworker - in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit... at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (FMpsC)

132 But then there's the part where Cobra is gunning down the motorcycle gang from the back of the a pickup truck.

Or the motel shootout.

Or the hostage scenario in the grocery store at the beginning.

Every part of that movie kicks ass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)

133 West Texas crude is around $60 a barrel, too. But are you sure about Venezuelan oil? I thought it came out as a wax that needed extra refining?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (SEFV4)

134 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
-
Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)

135 SpaceX launch in 19 minutes.

youtube.com/live/9dJFs0Bt_0A

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (sS8Vs)

136 Never saw Cobra. Just the trailers . You're the disease and I'm the cure.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)

137 >Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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who knows
in the meantime, the massacres continue

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (ZxPkt)

138 A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.

Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

139 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
--------
Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
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It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

140 Everybody is going tribal these days. That's what happens when you get into a global, third-world shithole tribal conflict on another continent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:22 PM (BSdIE)

141 You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)

See? That's from the first five minutes of the movie, and it only keeps getting cooler from there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:23 PM (BI5O2)

142 Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

I'm guessing the yacht was nowhere near Iran. Saudi women lose the veil as soon as the plane they are on leaves Saudi airspace, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B)

143 ""I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:""


I'm sure there are a few other retarded states we can throw in to sweeten the deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

144 Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)

You could try asking a Washington Post reporter. They might know.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (sS8Vs)

145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)

146 Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)


Ents raised trees and became like them in form and pace and lifespan, and some of the trees likewise became like the ents in sentience and mobility. The entwives raised flowers, and no one has seen them in an age...

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (Sy6m/)

147 Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)


And PT is volleyball, but once a year they have to complete 18 holes of golf WITHOUT using a cart.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

148 That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

I recognized the video from the still. He and another cop had been talking to this guy about what was essentially a squatter situation for around 20 minutes IIRC. That it ended up in a shooting was avoidable on his part, I think the worst they were going to charge him with was breaking and entering (he hadn't taken the copper pipes off the property yet). Just sad.

Posted by: pookysgirl watches too many Donut Operator videos at January 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA)

149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

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Seriously, why?

We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights.

In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)

150 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
-
Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)


The lack of proper love for volcanoes is disturbing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9)

151 A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.

Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

***

No wonder the Regime is working so hard to jam starlink.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)

152 From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)

153 Eagle Wings@CRRJA5 . 7h

The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (3UR/I)

154 But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)

155 From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)

Well, if some sort of air campaign against Iran is contemplated, it makes a great deal of sense to delay until all your assets are in theater. Also keeps the weirdbeards guessing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B)

156 Secretary Brooke Rollins . @SecRollins

A federal judge just FORCED the @USDA to CONTINUE sending SNAP administrative funds to Minnesota — even though they're refusing to help root out massive fraud!

This isn't protecting taxpayers or the families who truly need help; it's letting crooks game the system.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (3UR/I)

157 What a magnificent ONT. Thank you very much, Weird Dave!

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 16, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk)

158 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
--------
Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
====

It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

***

Hey! That's Maize Pops to you white man!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)

159 It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)

One would hope that the locations of all the fixed launchers are known, as well as where the mobile launchers are garaged. Destroy the missiles on the ground as much as is possible.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)

160 Letting crooks game the system?

Of course. What else is new? And it's not a matter of letting anyone do anything, either. They aren't asking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

161 145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)


I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)

162 It's also possible Trump is trying to force Khameini to escape Iran so as not to create a martyr. That's entirely speculation on my part. I read somewhere that Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (DK5Sh)

163 If we were in a position to tell anyone anything, shit wouldn't have gotten so fucked up, would it have?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)

164 Iran stands no chance. Let's hope the common citizen can find shelter before we (US and Israel) obliterate the regime with surgical strikes. Long overdue.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:50 PM (BSdIE)

165 Evening all

Posted by: Joyenz at January 16, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)

166 I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)

NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9)

167
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Good morning, Mister Phelps.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 11:53 PM (pkeXY)

168 Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.

That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.

And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years.

Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM)

169 Florida: come for the manatees, stay for the reckless driving, firearms, margaritas and iguanas.

Posted by: Winner of the Gov DeSantis lookalike contest at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (fKeBm)

170 At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav)

171 I thoughts ENTs were Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctors.

They are pretty sensitive about the trees, though.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 16, 2026 11:56 PM (NZPfR)

172 SpaceX video included a G-meter on the booster (first) stage. Max of 4.2 G going up, 5.2 (!) during the entry burn coming down.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:57 PM (sS8Vs)

173 At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav)

Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

174 NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9)

Tell me more...

Posted by: Snake Plisken at January 16, 2026 11:59 PM (sS8Vs)

175 >>Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.

I enjoyed watching Trump answer questions about Canada making a deal with China. Having Venezuela as a partner has removed the only deal leverage Canada had with the US.

Canada is trading their biggest trade partner, by a huge amount, for a deal with China for a fraction of the amount. Brilliant.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

176 I can't bring myself to care about NYC since they elected a communist or Minneapolis (or Portland or Seattle) since they don't even seem like American cities anymore.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:02 AM (f0sNM)

177 Rock on, y'all.

I once had a brother who played this album loudly several times a day the summer of 1971. Our bedrooms shared a wall and we'd compete with our stereos til one of us gave up and listened to what we agreed on. Funniest guy I have ever known. I assure you he was a Moron of the Highest Order.

I miss you, bro.

https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (WONhk)

178 JackStraw

Leftist virtue signaling is so stupid.

The Gail is quite inconsequential.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (u82oZ)

179 That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.

And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years.

Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM)

There is plenty of light, sweet crude in Alberta, too. The oil from the oil sands is put though an upgrader before it ever enters a pipeline. The upgrader hydrogenates the heavy oilsands crude, and makes a lighter, sweeter product that is what the buyers get. The upgrader is fueled by "stranded" natural gas that is produced from wells located on the far side of the oilands area, too far from markets to be sold directly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)

180 Also remembering how Warren Buffett lobbied against the Keystone pipeline because he owns the railroad that moves Canadian oil into the US. Fck that son of a bitch.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:05 AM (f0sNM)

181 If Shah Pahlavi wants NYC and Minneapolis to sweeten the pot, then so be it. Name it New Persia and take them off our hands. It would definitely benefit us, and it would give him a North American port and some iron mines.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BI5O2)

182 The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard


By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (SEFV4)

183 >>>Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

>MN and NYC need to handle their own shit. I'm convinced they can do that but what these states and cities are bringing to the kitchen table is nothing compared to what these other countries owe us. This is your global economic theory.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BSdIE)

184 All moron writers:

Forget SF/mysteries/westerns.

Write AWFL women / Hunky ICE agent stories.

Not bodice rippers, sweatshirt rippers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (u82oZ)

185 So I don't get what the big almighty deal is with ice in Minnesota anyways....I mean don't the get ice every year at this time? Geez guys, chill out, warmer weather will be here before you know it.....

Separate note - thank you to those who explained the ENTs thingy. I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

186 Random vid suggestions

‣The History Guy: The Bloody Russian Baron of Mongolia (15m) - he seems nice
https://youtu.be/NGTAVqOj4gg

‣Coca Colа is DOING WHAT?? Satаn is desperate yall (1m) - conspiracy or blasphemy?
https://youtu.be/19J-ZWyS_Ps

‣Ringo Starr's January 2026 Update - still kickin' (2:30)
https://youtu.be/0Sr-U0xZUEU

And thus endeth my AoS day. Prayers, plants, and pets tomorrow.

⁂ What's it all about? ⁂
https://youtu.be/xGxhECBbw08

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - rooms within rooms at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (FMpsC)

187 I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...

One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings…

Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK)

188 Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (n4Qav)

189 > 13 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine, at least until you start getting some mountains in western Alberta.

It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (IG3/x)

190 They're still screeching that Krazy Kommunist Karen in Minneapolis was "murdered".

No.

She either committed suicide by cop (if she knew what she was doing) or won a Darwin Award (if she was too stupid to know what she was doing).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (IG3/x)

191 I think we've passed the virtue signaling stage when it comes to these kind of choices, Salty. Carney is a card carrying globalist and he knows exactly who Trump is and his desire for a united Western Hemisphere.

The old alliances are broken. Going to be some interesting times.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)

192 Somewhere around here, I had an apple juice jar filled with crude from a conventional well near Whitecourt. It was about the consistency of Diesel fuel, the color was green, and it sparkled from suspended wax crystals, and smelled like naptha camp stove fuel. If you ran it through a good filter, a car would probably run on it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)

193 The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard

By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Biden hired them to go after the right.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (sui1r)

194 Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav)

195
Coca Colа is DOING WHAT??

Where's the real sugar American Coke I was promised?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (pkeXY)

196 > That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine

Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous.

Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x)

197
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary


Link works for me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (pkeXY)

198 Continued from post above, had a memory my husband and I still laugh about.

My very first date, 9th grade, was with a football player in our class (girlfriends made me go out with him. I liked his best friend better). Nice guy. Drove an orange muscle car, I think a Dodge something.

Anyway, I was nervous as was he on the way to the stupid drive-in torture. So I could see what people did there and not approve.

On the way down our long driveway my brother jumped out of a ditch, on all fours, barking like a dog.

We pretended not to see him but I laughed anyway.

We did not date long. I had to "walk him off the football field" a few times. I honestly did not see the point but I did it. He was sweaty and dating a buffoon who'd rather stay home and he eventually gave up as I was hopeless.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (WONhk)

199 187 I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...

One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings…
Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK)

Oh gawd.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)

200 JackStraw

We are in luck that our enemies have to work much harder to avoid entropy.

Got some remedies for problems, but it takes will.
Oliver Cromwell is smiling at current events. He can fix things.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:18 AM (u82oZ)

201 194 Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav)

Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes.

G'nite! Blows kisses!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)

202 Hockey is allright--- but TABLE HOCKEY, that's a REAL man's sport!!!!!

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (vfct/)

203 Sorry m.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (u82oZ)

204 Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes.

G'nite! Blows kisses!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)

Great song, Christy!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav)

205 One of the greatest one-off "supergroup" albums ever, rivaled by Clapton's other one-off project, Blind Faith.

The name of the band was supposed to be Eric and the Dynamos, but the announcer at an early gig screwed it up, and they decided they liked that name better.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x)

206 Good night, everyone.

May you not have an Arctic wind howling over the house.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (u82oZ)

207 Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous.

Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x)

It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff. Cypress Hills, on the AB-SK border is a small mountain ridge that remained unglaciated during the height of the last glacial period. Home to a unique and subtly different ecology. About 30 miles off the highway. And the Alberta badlands around Drumheller are about 30 miles north of the highway, further West. Many miles of quite spectacular scenery. And dinosaurs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (8zz6B)

208 Between LA, Long Beach, Houston,Savannah, and numerous smaller east coast ports, we can easily distribute NY's port traffic. And it's not as if the Shah would cut it off, anyway. Just let the Persians have New York as a door "prize."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2)

209 The Blind Faith album is one of the perfect ones.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (n4Qav)

210 > It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff.

I do hope to see some more of Canada before taking my final dirt nap, but the way things are going, I'm not even going to see most of Alaska before then.

Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)

211
149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

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Seriously, why?

We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights.

In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM

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What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 17, 2026 12:26 AM (L78T1)

212 a Moron of the Highest Order.

I miss you, bro.

https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Always thought that was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)

213 I should return my AoSHQ premium cardboard membership card and Valu-Rite Vodka pledge drive tote bag before you all begin suggesting we trade Minnesota for lesser Canadian provinces like Newfoundland and Labrador.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (xSYff)

214 >>>Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

>Look at how vicious the Left is right now. Be prepared when the right decides to become vicious because conditions will change rapidly. They keep messing with the bull.

Trump should step in and put a halt to this escalation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (BSdIE)

215 That map looks like a fair trade to me!

Posted by: SmallTownGirl at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (9DbxP)

216 @205...I know every song on this album.

My brother, in addition to being insane and brilliant, had great taste in music. We went to many concerts together from HS through college.

We would laugh til we cried even as adults. Could read each other's minds (I was 2yrs older). He made me humble & I never thought I was "all that" because of him.

The main thing we fought over was the remote control for the new color TV in 1965. For a decade we rarely brawled, then, whammo! Torture time! We'd get sent to our rooms upstairs & continue to argue over the groovy "intercom" of the new house (1964). My parents listened in the den.

I once catapulted him up the stairs during a brawl & he crashed on the landing loudly. I really got into trouble then, but totally worth it!

He could stop an argument by saying, "Don't you flare those nostrils at me!" (he called me Pig Nose). He knew it would make me laugh.

Defended me in HS when a guy I did not even kiss at a dance said he did all sorts of nasty things. I told him, oh, hell, no!

He was in our wedding & approved of my husband and we all had some crazy adventures when he visited out West. Will always miss him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk)

217 Always thought that was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)

It got confusing. Clapton played on on Beatles songs. And on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. And they shared Layla.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:32 AM (n4Qav)

218 Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)

I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)

219 My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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When I "graduated" out of Ft Monmouth (long gone), my MOS was 187. Sometime in the next 15 months, it got redefined to 32E. It was only useful in locations where the military had their own long distance comms. No use in CONUS. So, when I separated, as a draftee, I was supposed to put in 3 more years active reserve (Reserve or NG) and then 1 year inactive reserve. No slots for that MOS in US, and the only cross train slot was for comm controller for an ASA units. I went to work for a.company in a small town in Ohio. Closest reserve ASA unit was in upstate NY. For the next 3 years, I filled out a form certifying my location. At the end of 6 years I got my discharge, with only 1 year, 11 months, and 27 days on active duty - early out returning from overseas. Never went to even one reserve meeting or 2 week summer camp.
So, my original mos was a WW2/Korean war number.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (epPlm)

220 Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)

Some of the guitar is similar to his friend, George Harrison. They sort of shared? Patti Boyd, who he wrote Layla for. She must have had something special!?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (WONhk)

221 I don't get that pizza one

Posted by: keena at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (4Aqsh)

222 Good night, everyone.

May you not have an Arctic wind howling over the house.
Posted by: NaCly Dog


Better than thru the house.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (3ZUWJ)

223 What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours.

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I view the Acela Corridor as a foreign occupying power.

If people like you want to absorb the Acelans into our country, fine.

But, I'd rather raffle them off them to foreigners. They aren't my countrymen. Their daughters can slave in foreign harems, under foreign flags, and foreign men, where they belong. They've already sold out to foreigners, and are foreigners, AFAIC.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2)

224 I don't get that pizza one
Posted by: keena


When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ)

225 When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ)

Wow that’s obscure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 12:39 AM (hxusQ)

226 Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm)

227 Alberta only needs to join the Greater Texas Republic. Not sure why this is a discussion.

Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 12:44 AM (mlg/3)

228 Can't tell a Vancouverite from a Washingtonian.
Posted by: Braenyard
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You're obviously a.'murrican!

Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:46 AM (epPlm)

229 Am I the only one who found LOTR an easier read than The Hobbit? I read both as an adult. Perhaps that is the difference.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (n4Qav)

230 I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm)

Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)

231 I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that.

So, like $27 USD? Totally doable.

I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s)

232 BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska

Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin)

233 I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s)

The danger there is that it will fly back to the nest, and the big ones will take you away from him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (8zz6B)

234 Tom. Come for the fart jokes, stay for the obscure literary memes.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (Ffl2s)

235 I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaX

I definitely couldn't get through it again. Once was enough for me. If I wanted to read 300 pages of how the sun reflects on leaves I would have become a botanist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9)

236 Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Where did you get those numbers? I've seen more like $45-50 and $35-40. They're both a PITA to refine so that's a wash.
They certainly aren't in the cat bird seat, but fsckd ? Not really. It's good practice to maintain at least at least 20% of your supply from a second source. From a defense/geopolitical pov, V oil is easily interdicted ( translation:sunk), whereas Alberta oil is comparatively safe.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:56 AM (epPlm)

237 Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)

yeah, the only problem was he described it down to the atomic level. It took 30 pages for the hobbits to walk 100 yards. After 1000 pages of that shit I wanted hold the book in front of a .357 magnum.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)

238 I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)

239 > 232 BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin)

Unfortunately that part of BC is full of communists, even more communist than the communist on our West Coast.

Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions.

California already has far too many electoral votes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:01 AM (IG3/x)

240 Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Do what you want as long as it remains under our jurisdiction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (3UR/I)

241 Forgot about YT, but wouldn't need the entire territory

Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (J6fin)

242 Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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I once saluted an AF LTC as we were passing on the sidewalk. It took him awhile to return it. He was walking with a couple of AF EMs and they were having a conversation. He seemed confused by the protocol, like it was unusual. I got the impression that the boys in blue don't do a lot of saluting.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 01:05 AM (epPlm)

243 Oh looky, frodo pulled out a cracker. Lets describe the crumbs that fell in his lap, and while we're at it describe every thread in his fucking pants that these unfortunate crumbs fell on. Why stop there, did the moon reflect on those crumbs? Oh we'll get to that later, we got to talk about how he broke the fucking cracker that created the crumbs. Just what was he thinking when he broke the cracker, do we spend 25 pages on that? Yeeeeusss of course we do. Lets bring in the weather, better yet, lets count every line on the fucking thermometer as the temperature dropped. It was tiring. Reading that book was like trying to run across a river while firing a belt fed machine gun.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9)

244 238 I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)

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Do we get compounded interest with the return of our $23 worth of beads?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 17, 2026 01:08 AM (+HNx/)

245 Lol, Berz.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 01:09 AM (n4Qav)

246 I'm a conservative.

I conserve momentum.
🤩
Posted by: mindful webworker


It's the law.

Posted by: mikeski, showing up late and quoting comment #2 at January 17, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov)

247 We can give Minnesota to the Canadians. They'd probably be able to relate to these "people" better. They're fat and stupid and ugly like Minnesotans, and they hate freedom, and love Islam like Minnesotans, and Canada is an American suzerainty, anyhow.

Might as well get them off our books.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:13 AM (BI5O2)

248 > we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)

It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure.

Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x)

249 It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure.

Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x)

Especially after goat fucker gets done with it. In a few years it will looked like the cursed earth in Judge Dred, only inside the city.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9)

250 It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (epPlm)

251 "Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is."

Assad went to college and had an education to fall back on after his playing days were over.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (KAi1n)

252 Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 17, 2026 01:24 AM (vzcgi)

253 Assad is kicking it in Moscow now, correct?

He's probably cleverer than Khamenei for that. But that's still a pussy move.

Khamenei has three choices:

1. Run

2. Stand and fight, and win because Trump blinks

3. Stand and fight, and lose because he doesn't

If I'm these mullahs, I'm putting every nickel on #2. It's basically the only choice. It's a shitty choice, but it's all you've got.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:35 AM (BI5O2)

254 Happy weekend Horde. We've got a bit of snow on the way and temps are going to drop, this is not my favorite time of year.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk)

255 Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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On a motorcycle. Right?

There a video on the Revzilla website about 2 guys who.took a new Trail.125 and an old CT90 up.the haul.road

Spoiler.... They sorta made it.

Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (epPlm)

256 They are shipping tons of money out of state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (3UR/I)

257 Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage.
Posted by: Sock Monkey


Correct!

1) you're a cell.
B) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells.
iii) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells with one hole in it..... that one.

The other fun fact: humans are female by default. If you're male, those hormones and that development don't begin until about week 12.

That's why men have nipples. They started developing before the blueprints showed up and the foreman said "hey, wait, we don't need those! Well, heck, leave the spigots on the outside o the house, we just won't run plumbing to them."

The foreman also had to deal with the pre-developed outer labia.

"There's no door here? Ok, glue 'em together and we'll call it a scrotum. Like a bay window, but wrinkly."

Which is why guys have a scar/seam (the scrotal rathe) down the middle of their sack.

Posted by: mikeski at January 17, 2026 01:40 AM (VHUov)

258 The best thing to happen to Corn since the Indians discovered it

Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (zocr6)

259 When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday

Wow that’s obscure.
Posted by: Tom Servo


And AP is a lot more simplified/streamlined than Chicago style, since that pizza is half empty?

Posted by: mikeski might get the joke now at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov)

260 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJs1N6eaPA

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (jrgJz)

261 I don't think the mullahs even have running as an option. If they bolt somewhere, they'll be in the open, and the Jewish wolves will chomp the Shia rabbits.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (BI5O2)

262 the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.

"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear.

It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:47 AM (3UR/I)

263 the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.

"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear.

It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH
Posted by: Braenyard


"Leave it in your pocket. Testicular cancer is more survivable than brain cancer."

Posted by: The FDA, probably at January 17, 2026 01:48 AM (VHUov)

264 I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:52 AM (3UR/I)

265 I mean, they're bound to be running with a lot if money, and ill intent. The only responsible thing to do is hunt them to the ends of the earth and kill them all to the last man, woman and child.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (BI5O2)

266 I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.
Posted by: Braenyard


Neither gender has a cloaca, so yes. But more of it gets closed up on the males.

Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (VHUov)

267 Sweet dreams Horde, I need to burrow under the blankets.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)

268 They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them

No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs.
.
Or they'll come back, just like you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2)

269 Off, moldy sock!


Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Yet another issue with Vancouver and environs is the immigrant Chinese population. Canada.has very(!) good relations with China. Much of the support for that position is provided by the "overseas" Chinese in the west. Most of them got to Canada when the UK agreed to turn over Hong Kong to the tender mercies of the CCP. As citizens of a Commonwealth territory, they were allowed to.emigrate to any other Commonwealth country, irrespective over any immigration restrictions the receiving country may have. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, many moved family and fortune to Aus, Z and Canada. You'd think that they would know better, but cultural.ties are strong.
Having them in the US would add... unneeded complexity... to our relationship with Xi etc al.

Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:05 AM (epPlm)

270 While negotiating the Alaska purchase from Russia, Seward was negotiating the purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark.

The small islands of ​​St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—specifically the “small Gibraltar,” St. Thomas—were considered vital to national security.

The American and Danish officials had reached an agreement to purchase St. Thomas and St. John for $7.5 million in gold coins. A plebiscite on the islands overwhelmingly approved the sale.

But American politics ended the purchasing process. [ ratification was refused]
--
[Fast forward to the early twentieth century, ]Germans are on the march, and US Sec State
"made it clear that “the United States would be under the necessity of seizing and annexing [the islands].”

On Aug. 4, 1916, Lansing and Brun signed the treaty, which both sides ratified, and the purchase of the now-U.S. Virgin Islands
... Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland.
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:10 AM (3UR/I)

271 They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them

No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs.
.
Or they'll come back, just like you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2)

The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)

272 You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH

Posted by: Braenyard
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Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear?

Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:13 AM (epPlm)

273 English speaking Canada we'll take. Quebec can be its own country.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 17, 2026 02:17 AM (lDkhm)

274 Ayatolla cutting off girls clits and murdering women for no burka while his bikined daughter is on a yacht partying and drinking liquor.

Would a dungeon soften him up before the hanging?
We should see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:21 AM (3UR/I)

275 The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9

If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps?

I know I couldn't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2)

276 If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps?

I know I couldn't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2)

My father never been there and don't have a throne and I would still burn them down to the last of them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:27 AM (snZF9)

277 Only used bluetooth one time using my phone as a hotspot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:29 AM (3UR/I)

278 Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear?
Posted by: buddha


The difference between "this signal goes 5 yards to a nearby bluetooth thingy" and "this signal goes 5 miles to a nearby cell tower?"

Posted by: mikeski sends magic smoke signals at January 17, 2026 02:32 AM (VHUov)

279 Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland.
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87
Posted by: Braenyard
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Good info. Thanks
Some.people wonder about Trump's seeming.obsession with Greenland.
Look at what's going on with Diego Garcia. The UK is, over US objections, trying to.turn over the Chagos Islands, including that atoll and its strategic and secret US naval and air bases, to Mauritas, another island group. Which is A) more than a thousand miles away (what kind of territorial claim is that?) and B) very chummy with China.

Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:36 AM (epPlm)

280 Well, getting late here. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 02:40 AM (8zz6B)

281 I can't comprehend how a country like Iran can heal.

They managed it in Russia and Germany and Japan, but those were longstanding social orders with a large degree of homogeneity.

This is a country with a lot of different religions and cultures that coexisted well once upon a time, but its balance got completely wrecked by Islam.

Everybody would have to side with each other against their fanatical Muslim neighbors, and also forgive their excesses and try to welcome them. It's not likely to happen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:44 AM (BI5O2)

Fri-Yay! Cafe

scottishhighlands.jpg
Scottish highlands
via wandertravel

Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.

Mini-doodle is jealous.

A baby platypus, also called a puggle.

Man adopts a shelter dog. The shelter tells him the dog loves water, so the man brings him to a pond.

Dog's owner is a big fan of the Three Stooges. Unfortunately for the dog.

Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI.

For Duncanthrax. And more.

Making his own fun.

Wild child.

"Lathering the marmot's belly," as they say in the Navy.

Sliding into the weekend...

You made it through another week! High five!


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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

2
You can all go home now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

3
Really, there's nothing further to be said.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (tgvbd)

4 Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

You’re the only thing helping me recover!

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (tWkg3)

5 I could have been first but was scanning for penguins.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

6 CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.

https://tinyurl.com/3dep3rmh

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

7 and then I saw the sidebar....

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)

8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.

I am sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF)

9
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)

10 Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.
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Pfft! Life with TWO cats? Please....

Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

11 Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)
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Congrats!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:23 PM (ESVrU)

12 >> an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there

The only extraordinary escalation is on Walz and Frey's part, openly calling to defy federal law. That's been settled since the Civil War.

Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb)

13 Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb)

Yeah, this. Focus is down to just these two assholes instead of declaring war on the state of Minnesota- which probably has no idea what it's leaders are actually doing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (zZu0s)

14 Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR)

15 9
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)

I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

16 Cafe has remained consistently Yak free.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI)

17 Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR)
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I have a ball with a bell in it attached to the door to my sunroom. Hexie has learned to "ring the bell" as a signal for me to let her out there.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (ESVrU)

18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

>>You’re the only thing helping me recover!

How's recovery going?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

19 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

20
I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

_____________

There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd)

21 The Golden chasing the deer in the bottom video looks like our Shelby. He probably would have been afraid of the deer, however.

He had social issues and would foam at the mouth like he had rabies with other dogs on walks. Bless his sweet heart.

His best friend was a squirrel who hung out on the roof of the pool screen. They had their games. When Shelby died the squirrel missed him.

Sweetest doggie ever and can't be replaced. We have grand-dogs now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (WONhk)

22 turambar, have you seen Biden's Dog 's boing site?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI)

23 Penguins rarely "stick" the landing. Being clumsy and wingless, they can neither fly nor land gracefully.

A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop. As it's primary diet consists of rotting regurgitated fish, a 100' radius "exclusion zone" is recommended for all observers.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

24 Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar


so, like how Tyler Robinson and his furry roommate's neighbors felt

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (gKWVE)

25 Another week without a sea otter. I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Here ya go lovely, don't be sad

https://tinyurl.com/3ru699ek

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (ciYHQ)

26 > CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
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Weak sauce.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (U2OZr)

27 Grateful for three day weekends!

Apparently my kid had a Martin Luther King assembly today at school. They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (gWBY1)

28 WTF is up with Facebook? Today it declared that I had violated some community standard. I never put anything on Facebook that isn't positively vanilla with occasional unicorn farts. Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that. Then they declared that I was still not meeting their standards and there is no recourse whatsoever. Fuckers. No way to find out why, or who decided to blacklist me, or whatever.

So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.

What in hell?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)

29 22 I have not!

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (Q0yOR)

30 There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd)

If I wanted a Borzoi one of his pups would be at the top of the list.

His reputation precedes him, and I don't necessarily need a smart dog.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt)

31 "Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."

I don't do FB, but that would be the end. Isn't possible that you may be better of without it?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

32 If penguins weren't bad enough, stuffing them with fish, - you know that penguin's ass is going to explode.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (BSdIE)

33 I have brother and sister kittehs . They are almost eight years old now . They used to play and sleep together up until they were five or so and then went their separate ways. Occasionally they will clean each other or the brother kitteh will push his weight around and playfully bully her.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (KDPiq)

34
The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd)

35 yo

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (ZcsJV)

36 34 I love reading about your dogs and all the work involved. It's very cool to hear about their winning. I cannot imagine all the work involved.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (Q0yOR)

37 Cats are not evil their owners deserved it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (RIvkX)

38 "They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.
Posted by: LizLem"

You know who else did group chants?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

39 What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)

Huh. I do not check Facebook all that often. I got community noted once for linking a Joe Rogan podcast that had that one anti-Vaxx lady, but that is about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s)

40 For Duncanthrax. And more.

The 'more' video is good instruction for The Horde.

Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (OWvU+)

41 You know who else did group chants?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

It is pretty creepy. Keep the praying to church and God related.

'Chanting or non-Chanting?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

42 SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI)

43 What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)
====

I'm no expert but that sounds funny, like spoofing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

44 CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
-
Great. Because the courts can be trusted to fix things.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (vSvIl)

45 Leftys love their chants. It affirms that one is of the body.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

46 For Duncanthrax. And more.


===

😂😂😂 👏👏👏

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (g47mK)

47 tcn, just wanted to say Hello to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (0KSrI)

48 In cat mythology, a good cat is reincarnated as a panda. A bad cat as a dog.

Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (KQ27X)

49 SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI)
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I am so emotionally overwrought about it and just don't know. I feel like I'm pregnant. How are you managing?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

50 The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents

Translation: DEI hires Patel and Bondi aren't going to do anything but by declaring an "investigation" they can duck questions and responsibility by saying "I can't comment on an active investigation"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (a4flb)

51 I will never understand how a bird decided to go live in ice cold water.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

52 "to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."

To make you jump through hoops. Sounds like you're a victim of Profile Mining. Some leftist scrolled through your history and reported offense over something you posted ages ago without incident. And if you've identified as anything to the right of Hillary Clinton, the mods decided you're a subhuman who can be discarded without any sense of fairness.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ciYHQ)

53 So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.
Posted by: tcn in AK

A brand new spanking account?

Please forward subscription details at once if you please!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/)

54 SanFranpsycho, very well. The people are going to get it done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI)

55 Please forward subscription details at once if you please!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM


Are you interested in being the spanker or the spankee?

Asking for The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:46 PM (OWvU+)

56 "Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI."
--------

Wasn't long before they became real.

Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 07:47 PM (eOBvG)

57 Scottish highlands
via wandertravel
==

Read last night that when the electrons were shut down in Iran all the chatter in Scotland about Independent Scotland stopped.
🍒funny thing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:48 PM (3UR/I)

58 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 07:49 PM (SRRAx)

59 Lunga, her sky gray

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ciYHQ)

60 The people are going to get it done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI)
====

This is my prayer

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX)

61 Teresa, darlin
Big hug to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (0KSrI)

62 Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. - Duncanthrax

Rolls eyes and shakes head

For God's sake, Ace, throw the man a bat or something.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 07:54 PM (2L+MU)

63 Its like people are furries, but more lame.

And gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

64 If I were a cassowary,
In the plains of Timbuctoo,
I would eat a missionary,
Hat and coat and hymn-book, too.


https://shorturl.at/BN5sc

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl)

65 Aetius, scritches for Reef

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI)

66 I live the dog podcast

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

67 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

68 Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI)

Hell enjoy. Its been a bit too chilly and me working too much to get him out to the dog park to run. Might have to go Sunday no matter what temp. He has too much energy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

69 The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.
Just use a text message?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ)

70 23 A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop.

Not unlike the body weight of the individuals who comprise the General Secretariat of the Union of Soviet Socialist Spheniscidaphobes.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (2L+MU)

71 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9)

72 spanking new comes before
tanning hide

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:01 PM (3UR/I)

73 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9)
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*** Shelob has entered the chat. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU)

74 18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

>>You’re the only thing helping me recover!

How's recovery going?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m

It’s going well except I’m getting stir crazy. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I was on oxy for a week and now it’s sore, but not excruciating. You aren’t supposed to take NSAIDs due to their retarding bone growth—I have a graft for eventual fusion L4-5.

Not even think of asking for an Oxy refill for fear they note my chart as a User and Abuser. I have used opioids for about 6 procedures in my life, never abused them. But regulators have the doc’s in a tizzy.

Can’t drive or work for three weeks, but over next three months, should be close to normal.

If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3)

75 How is everyone this Friday?

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

76 Waterfalls
Babbling Brooks in a birch forest
Terrace windows overlooking a small oceanside town

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0KSrI)

77 Lathering the youngest marmot's belly is still a time honored tradition when a ship crosses the International Date Line.

Posted by: The UK Navy at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (IHr58)

78 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

Pretty good.

'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

79 72 Well, aren’t you the cheerful one.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

80 Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

We watched a friend's house while they were away 2 weeks.

They had a rat infestation. And every night around 8pm the rats from the west side of the house would meet the east side for playful skirmish. Yes, we videotaped it all and set it to the musical score. Funniest bit was a rat my wife named "Spider". He would inch up the door jam about a foot off the ground and hang there, waiting for an unsuspecting rodent to wander underneath

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (ciYHQ)

81 They wrote Eddie Murphy as the Marine Biologist in
The Voyage Home

I guess they could not afford the $$$$

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA)

82 74 I did NOT need to read that. Nope.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (Q0yOR)

83 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

84 Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

85 79 How is everyone this Friday?

Honestly ? Watching it all fall to shit as I thought it would.
Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (REOC

I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (OoFl2)

86 If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3)

Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.

Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)

87 85 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07

I am well, thank you! I woke up today, that is always a great place to start!

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (OoFl2)

88 I guess they could not afford the $$$$
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA)

That would have changed the complexion (heh) of the movie a lot. Taken it more to overt comedy.

I don't think it would have worked as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

89 One of them nested in a window sill sash that looked on to DC and "sang" about finding a better life. We named him Feifel haha

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (ciYHQ)

90 About to call it a night, no reason need to be up early but probably will
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0)

91 Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM


I'm interested in that, as well.

Posted by: Kyrsten S. at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OWvU+)

92 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper


Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (mlg/3)

93 89 Amen, dear lady.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

94 >>If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

I skipped 1 and went right to 2.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

95 80 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

Pretty good.

'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16

I go back and forth on that song. Sometimes I think the lyrics are amazingly soul crushing, and then I think it’s a little over the top. Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2)

96 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

97 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd


Pon Farr

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (mlg/3)

98 94 Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January

Yay! That is good.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (Wmg4n)

99 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd

Live long and swelter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (sn5xH)

100 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM


Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (OWvU+)

101 Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2)

I think the video is the problem. The song by itself, you can have sympathy for both. Hell you can think it is about one dude and another lady (different relationship.)

The thing is, the video just makes the woman a straight up whore. Directed and starred(?) In by Ricky Schroeder, btw. And the video is so over the top I was thinking it was like Saw: Country Song edition.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (zZu0s)

102 Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher


Shut up, Weasley.

Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 16, 2026 08:17 PM (mlg/3)

103 Farr experiencing Pon

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ)

104 Vulcan are a bit ridiculous when you think about it. All that commitment to logic and they're pretty much just a repressed species that went full Romulan anyway.

At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ)

105 Things I have never seen
Star Trek
Seinfeld
The View

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (0KSrI)

106 Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)

I needed a multilevel cervical fusion but the doc said not to do it, I was so bad, he had nothing to anchor the fused areas to!

Luckily, the pain subsided after about a year which I thought was strange. Apparently, if you can stop moving the neck and irritating the nerves, it can calm down. I got lucky. I was miserable for a year.

If anyone wants to know more about my experience, and there were some unpleasant surprises, that won’t be a problem longer term, feel free to email me in my nic.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (tWkg3)

107 Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)
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Is it better or worse than the "cone of shame"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU)

108 > How is everyone this Friday?
-------------
Dry. Mostly warm. Playing "whack a cat" as they go in and out, in and out, in and out. It's cold and rainy, so they keep this up thinking it'll change on one of the "outs."

Spoiler:
It won't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (U2OZr)

109 Spock’s greatest line about Love, and Loss, and about Having being not nearly as good as Desiring:
“It is not Logical. But it is very often True.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (hxusQ)

110 I skipped 1 and went right to 2.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

I didn’t mean to imply multiple level fusion was bad, by the way. It’s just I only experienced a one level lumbar fusion.

How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (tWkg3)

111 Spock, give me a readout!

We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)

112 Whoot!

Just got home. Took myself to Happy Hour on the waterfront. My boat ride home was gorgeous. Walked to the beach to see the sunset.

Tomorrow my oldest is taking me to the Seahawks game!!!!

GO HAWKS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:25 PM (IhIKR)

113 Things I have involuntarily memorized most of:
Star Trek (TOS)
Seinfeld
The Princess Bride

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)

114 We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)
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Heh. That reminds me of the Bloom County comic strips where Cutter John and his crew would cruise around in his "Star Chair" the USS Enterpoop, looking for the naughty sorority girls of planet Playtex or whatever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (ESVrU)

115 100 I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.

Thats a thing.

But if that really is "just the thing" ? I don't feel any better that my ant farm might get shook.
Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026

Oh it could for sure, but God isn’t going to give us anything he can’t handle. We just have to do our part, to the best of our abilities.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (Wmg4n)

116 "I think the video is the problem"

The worst is that feminist anthem:

All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid
Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant
Just an appendage, live to attend him
So that he never lifts a finger
24/7 baby machine
So he can live out his picket-fence dreams
It's not an act of love if you make her
You make me do too much labour

It's just going to create yet another generation of bitter angry fat disgusting women. Men account for 90% of workplace deaths but you were expected to give emotional support, you poor dear. So oppressed. Vomit

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (ciYHQ)

117 >>How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking.

Yea, all good. Definitely do the PT. Stretching and walking make a big difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)

118 At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ)


Even the Klingons are busy overthinking and being audacious by being calculating. And then chewing the scenery when they should have been shooting everyone in the face.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

119 Like Peterson says - they live in the wealthiest nation in the history of mankind, at a time when women enjoy more rights and privileges than they have ever known. And they bask in bitterness

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:32 PM (ciYHQ)

120 >>> pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764
Posted by: MikeN
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Because Tucker's tie is longer than the presidents?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:33 PM (3UR/I)

121 Ace absolutely losing her shit! Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764
Posted by: MikeN at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (PsdqP)


The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.


Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

122 Spock is half Vulcan and half Man and hung like a tuna can.

Stonn is 100% Vulcan all the way and hung like a donkey.

Posted by: T'Pring, Needing A Big One at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (R/m4+)

123 Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:35 PM (3UR/I)

124 guess we know MikeN's X handle

Taco Breath @troubadour210
Loomer absolutely losing her shit rn. Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. Turning on notifications, this will be rich 🤣
Jan 16, 2026 · 9:36 PM UTC

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:37 PM (gKWVE)

125 My idea of the eternally aggressive aliens are the Kzin as imaged by Dean Ing and Jerry Pournelle.
Much more fun than those constipated Klingons.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

126 The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I)

127 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)

Yeah 'princess bride' was terrible and I'm sorry I watched as much of it as I did when I was a kid.
At least the headspace I've reserved for Mel Brooks and Python wasn't wasted.

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

128 When my older girl was little, I got sick of Frozen music.

With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2)

129 >>>Making his own fun.

That wasn't fun at all. It was 100% serious business.

--The Dog

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:40 PM (syz1S)

130 >>>A baby platypus, also called a puggle.

That was almost as cute as a penguin trilling.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S)

131 There's a very good explanation for why we have AWFLs.

Short version: displacement of maternal instinct

https://tinyurl.com/yrr6a5jd

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:43 PM (ciYHQ)

132 Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.

They really are freaks, aren't they?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)

133 Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I)


I don't think Trump likes banks, and he has said his intention is that money is to be used to rebuild Venezuela. Mostly with US contractors and suppliers, but not at NGO or USAID pricing.
If the courts seize the money for debt then the road to renewal for Venezuela is impossibly long. And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR)

134 Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.

They really are freaks, aren't they?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)
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Absolute proof that God has a sense of humor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:47 PM (ESVrU)

135 With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2)


In the West coast they are called "K-Soda Demon Hunters"

(In the deep south they get called K-Coke Demon Hunters)

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

136 8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.
I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF)

Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 08:49 PM (nYv2H)

137 Doubling down on penguin content is always in style and is the hallmark of sophistication and good taste.

Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at January 16, 2026 08:50 PM (oftw2)

138 And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.
Posted by: Kindltot
--

Banks like raping and pillaging they just do it in a different way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:51 PM (3UR/I)

139 I’m not much for Country music, but if I was gonna pick one that I absolutely adore, it’s Robert Earl Keen, jr and “The Road goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends.”
That’s like an entire Miami Vice episode in 5 minutes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (hxusQ)

140 My parents were going to rent me out for stud purposes, but I decided to go out on my own and do it for free.

Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2)

141 Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8
Posted by: tankdemon


Thank you!

She was preggers and defending her territory. Smelly surfers need to back off!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (qDWYL)

142

"Purchasing Greenland is cheaper for the taxpayer than daycare in Minnesota"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)

143 >>Bullshit. We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.

That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)

144 >>>We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.

Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (syz1S)

145 Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy
Posted by: Braenyard

Witnessed it first-hand. Had a black NCO in my unit. Locked on and squared away. 4.8/4.9 pro/cons. Meritorious promotions.
Someone you would want on your 6 if you made contact with enemy. And then, in the space of 6 months, it all went to sht

I'm packing up his personal effects because he's going to Leavenworth and what do I find? All these black power magazines, angry black men on every cover, filled with poisonous propaganda about how he was oppressed by whites. Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ)

146 Now imagine that first penguin exploding thru the air with a two foot long trail of undigested fish feces.

Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 09:01 PM (BSdIE)

147 Writing advice: sullen and bitter are redundant?

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:04 PM (ciYHQ)

148 Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ)

There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:06 PM (hxusQ)

149 Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

What does a Reverend know about the care and feeding of penguins? Stick to your lane, Rev!

Posted by: Plus-Sized Penguins Everywhere at January 16, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2)

150 That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.
Posted by: JackStraw

And it's not just about women. It's why so many men are gentle giants - if a little soyboy is yapping and poking they're biggest fear is killing the twerp by accident. The proper use of force is part of Manhood 101. Women are being hit with disproportionate force because they've been abusing that principle, using it against good men who have had enough of that bs

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (ciYHQ)

151
152 Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.”

It oft ‘‘twas a rule more observed in the breech”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (hxusQ)

152 Who is this dipsh1t? REOC8

This is next level trolling. Shouldn't be tolerated.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR)

153 "There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late."

Ouch. That's probably on me. I didn't know what to do. Leadership is hard.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:14 PM (ciYHQ)

154 Oh please. If a woman is womanly you should get your finger cut off for striking her. But a if a woman is manly, you should be allowed to drop her.

Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.

One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2)

155
Check out DataRepublican's X feed. She's on the case of hose the Somali's get money out of the country. It's a Muzzie non-banking banking system called "hawala".

Because the transfers are usually only one-way, it means suitcases of cash have to be transferred out of the country. They did that. COvid fucked that, and turns out some banks started helping them.

You might think some of that might run afoul of banking laws and regulations. It likely does. And guess what? Some of those MN politicians helped get Biden admin to ease up on some of those regulations....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)

156 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.

#BringBackFatner

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (kpS4V)

157 Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.

One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (sn5xH)

158 Lull?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

159 Wait, did Shat go on Ozempic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

160 162 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.

#BringBackFatner
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes



Eh, give the guy a break. He's 94 and still working in entertainment. Good for him!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 09:31 PM (hybOl)

161 When four and ninety years YOU reach -

Posted by: Yoda at January 16, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)

162 "Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte."


Equal rights and equal lefts.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1)

163 I love The Shat!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (kpS4V)

164 Bill Shatner is almost 95. I look worse at 60.

Wait. I mean 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

165 Wow.

So it’s ok to tee off on women now?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR)

166 Happy Friday!

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM (bOJ2I)

167 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched


you'd think some men would have better uses for their balls and shaft

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 09:41 PM (gKWVE)

168 Happy Friday!
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM


Happy Friday, Iris!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:42 PM (Wnv9h)

169 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Guys are just venting frustration at the AWFLs. Can't say I blame them, really. Those bishes *do* deserve a pounding IMO. I'd PPV to see them get it.

Me? Never got to do the "sundresses and tea room" thang, but that doesn't mean I want street fighting either. It's a sad fact that I had to become more of a man than half the "men" I worked with. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:43 PM (rdVOm)

170 171 Wow.

So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR)

I'm guessing that for a sizeable number this has always been the case. Of course, the are all losers with very small penises. You are a nurse. Look around.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88)

171 Well, I'm going to do what I always do in these situations, and go watch Cobra.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2)

172 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched

No, the argument is whether men should use disproportionate force in RESPONSE to violence from women. Most of us don't think so, but it's not unreasonable. If I pick a fight with someone like Larry Corriea, who plays an OpFor chew toy for SWAT for fun, I kinda have a beatdown coming. It's really up to him to be merciful.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:50 PM (ciYHQ)

173 If the woman attacks all bets are off.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:52 PM (6Bc88)

174
Howdy gone bye.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 09:53 PM (krI25)

175 I'm pretty sure the rules of engagement with women is don't be a shit and you won't get shit on. Not sure why these lesbian idiots think they can attack with impunity. I do think they were raised wrong (lesbian) and they don't know what they are up to (terrorism), and that they need a lesson or two. Sometimes life lessons hurt, sometimes physically.

If a woman slaps DH, he is most likely to grab a wrist and make it clear that it is that last time that happens. Others might not show such restraint.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:54 PM (6Bc88)

176 Likewise, the Constitution says we have the right to peaceably assemble. It says nothing about rioting, assault, battery, or overwhelming noise. Those are crimes. The sooner we start prosecuting them in MN the better.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (6Bc88)

177 I slapped XH once. Backhanded. Hard. He didn't hit me back although I expected him to do so.

*shrugs*

Got even with him-- let his GF have him.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (rdVOm)

178

TJ Hooker is on Roku, Frndly and TUBI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (pkeXY)

179 Soon. Very soon.

Not to be confused with verizon.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 09:57 PM (FMpsC)

180 Lull?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Speaking for myself I am considering my choices and I think I've decided on wearing a sundress in case a fight breaks out at the tearoom and my mortality becomes longer or shorter than I planned.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 09:58 PM (F3Dlr)

181 It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:01 PM (6Bc88)

182 Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Agree.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (rdVOm)

183 Well, Facebook is a no go. There is no way to speak to a real person to figure out why they kicked me out.

First they said my ads violated their policies. I never posted any ads, and I don't have a business account with them.

Then they said I had violated their community guidelines. I guess somebody didn't like my fondue recipe?

Fuckers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (6Bc88)

184 It's an ONT Friday.

Don't miss it.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418147

Posted by: mindful webworker - Dave's not here at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (FMpsC)

185 When the boy was in 8 and under hockey, and they came to photo day, the kids took of helmets. Most of the boys were aghast to discover that there was a girl playing with them. But they boy figured it out and said, "That's not a girl, that's just Audrey!"

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (6Bc88)

186 It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.

Not how it was in our coed leagues. You took care not to break the girls.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (qoUKC)

187 RMBS: How's life? Hope you and your mom are well.

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (bOJ2I)

188 It's another responsibility that men have - if i knock out some punk and on his way to the ground his skull intersects with a bench and snaps his neck, Im going away for involuntary manslaughter.

With power comes responsibility

Women cant even take responsibility for the reproductive choices they make before choosing to murder life.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (ciYHQ)

189 TJ Hooker is on Roku, Frndly and TUBI
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (pkeXY)
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Yet one more IP Hollywood can ruin through a remake...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 10:13 PM (ESVrU)

Trump Proposes Rule to Make Big Pharma Sell Its Drugs to Americans at Same Price They Sell It To Europeans, Reducing Drug Costs by Up to 90%
Plus: More Quick Hits

The era of big government is... continuing.


President Trump on Thursday rolled out what he's calling the Great Healthcare Plan, a sweeping proposal aimed at doing what Washington has failed to accomplish for decades: driving down healthcare costs by breaking the grip of insurers, drug companies, and middlemen while putting patients back in control.

"I am thrilled to announce my plan to lower healthcare prices for all Americans and truly make healthcare affordable again," Trump said from the White House. "We're doing things that nobody's ever been able to do."

At the center of the proposal is a call for Congress to codify Trump's Most-Favored-Nation drug pricing policy, which would require Americans to pay no more for prescription drugs than the lowest prices paid by other developed countries. Trump said the policy would lock in massive discounts already being achieved through voluntary negotiations with HHS and CMS, while grandfathering in those existing deals.

He argued the policy would push drug prices down "80, 90% in some cases," adding that some medications would see reductions of "300, 400, even 500%," figures he said Americans have "never heard of before."

He also proposed some small-bore changes to Obamacare.

A major structural shift in the Great Healthcare Plan involves insurance subsidies. Instead of continuing to route billions of taxpayer dollars through insurance companies, Trump is proposing that eligible Americans receive that money directly, allowing them to purchase the health insurance of their choice. "The government is going to pay the money directly to you," Trump said. "The big insurance companies lose and the people of our country win." The plan would also fully fund the Cost Sharing Reduction program, which the administration says would save taxpayers at least $36 billion and reduce premiums on the most common Obamacare plans by more than 10%, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.

Trump did not shy away from attacking Obamacare itself, arguing it was "designed to make insurance companies rich." He pointed to billions in subsidies and what he described as skyrocketing stock prices for insurers while premiums climbed year after year for consumers. "I want to end this flagrant scam and put extra money straight into the healthcare savings account in your name," Trump said, arguing that consumer choice--not government mandates--should drive healthcare decisions.

The proposal also takes direct aim at pharmacy benefit managers and large brokerage middlemen, pledging to end kickbacks that Trump says artificially inflate insurance costs.


Eh. I dislike the price discrimination, I like the potential of paying less, but I'm not in love with the government intervention into the economy.

I'm also not animated about it. Big Pharma has revealed itself as mercenary and anti-freedom.

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Harvard is Super Elite you guys.

A "queer ethnography" professor who goes by the name "LaWhore Vagistan" when in drag has been invited to Harvard University to give a special lecture on Kamala Harris.

Harvard last year hired Kareem Khubchandani, an associate professor of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora Studies at Tufts University, as a visiting professor. Now, the wacko who spends his free time dressing up like a female caricature and performing gross sexual routines is back, not only to continue teaching classes, but to host a special and especially disgusting political lecture.

The drag queen professor is still set to teach "Queer Ethnography" and "RuPaulitics Queer Ethnography" for Harvard's Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Department. But on Feb. 10, he will host the 2025-2026 Matthiessen Lecture at the woke Ivy League university called "Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties." It is going to feature discussions of two high-profile Democrat politicians -- Zohran Mamdani and Kamala Harris.

Kristen Sinema is accused of being a homewrecker, of carrying on an affair with her married Senate bodyguard.


The ex-wife of Kyrsten Sinema's bodyguard is suing the former Arizona senator for allegedly breaking up their marriage.

Matthew and Heather Ammel had "a good and loving marriage" with "genuine love and affection" before Sinema pursued Matthew Ammel, despite knowing he was married, Heather Ammel alleged in her lawsuit against the former senator, according to the Associated Press.

Sinema's head of security hired Ammel after he retired from the Army in 2022, according to the lawsuit, which also states he accompanied the then-senator on her travels to destinations such as Napa Valley, Calif., Las Vegas, and Saudi Arabia.

Ammel's wife in 2024 discovered "romantic and lascivious" messages he had allegedly exchanged with Sinema over the Signal messaging app. Then, in the summer, he stopped wearing his wedding ring, and Sinema gave him a job as a national security fellow in her Senate office while he continued to work for her campaign as a bodyguard, the lawsuit alleges.

Stop me if you heard this one before -- Hunter Biden is facing possible jailtime for failing to pay child support.

The mother of Hunter Biden daughter Navy Joan Roberts is asking a court to arrest him for failing to uphold his part of their child support agreement.

Lunden Roberts, mother to the 7-year-old, urged an Arkansas judge on Tuesday to reopen the long-running child support case and arrest him until he complies with the agreement they settled on in 2023, according to court records, The New York Post reported.

Biden has five children including three daughters.

"[T]he defendant only tends to act in this case when he has to do so. As such, this court should motivate the defendant and incarcerate him in the Independence County Detention Center as a civil penalty until he purges his contempt by complying with this court's orders. In the alternative, this court should sanction the defendant as it deems appropriate and just," Roberts' motion reads.

A DC transgender activist turns out to be, get this, a fraudster who thinks the world owes him a living.


DC transgender activist gets 3 years in prison, ordered to repay $956K for COVID relief fraud

FBI agents arrested the activist, Ruby Corado, also the founder of the nonprofit Casa Ruby, in 2024 when Corado unexpectedly returned to the U.S. from native El Salvador.


The founder of a nonprofit that provided LGBTQ+ services in the Washington, D.C. area was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $956,215 in restitution for diverting federal COVID-19 relief funds.

The founder, transgender activist Ruby Corado, was also ordered to be under two years of supervised release after the prison sentence, if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't move to deport Corado, Judge Trevor McFadden said in the sentencing hearing.

McFadden in announcing the sentence said Corado "found an opportunity to defraud U.S. Americans," instead of helping them, according DCNewsNow.com.

A foreign fraudster stealing Americans' money? Well now I've heard everything.

In case you missed it: Stronk Independent Women are now demanding that their men go out and get shot by ICE to "protect" them and show "leadership."

While they stay at home and further pad their soft asses eating bon-bons while inciting insurrection on TikTok.

Now men's "leadership" -- acting as cannon fodder for mentally-ill psychopathic women -- is needed.

And men's "leadership" consists of just obeying mentally-ill ugly leftwing women.

Posted by: Ace at 06:10 PM




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1 Stop me if you heard this one before... the world owes be a living

Someone been listenin' to the Smiths

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (gKWVE)

2 youtu.be/b_3oFRcTNHo

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 06:14 PM (gKWVE)

3 The hawain judge will rule this unconstitutional.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 06:15 PM (0N4FZ)

4 Can we please get the money back from that fraudster Ilhan Omar and deport her back to Somalia (?) .although I think the leader of that country already told Trump he didn't want her back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (PFs9e)

5 I bet this is like the Intel deal. Big Pharma is presented a "deal they can't refuse", behind the scenes, and doesn't resist.

They're murderers. It has something to do with that.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (qoUKC)

6 That last gal has a terminal case of bitchiness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

7 >>A "queer ethnography" professor who goes by the name "LaWhore Vagistan" when in drag


I don't get offended that often, but how is that drag name not demeaning to women?
They LARP as obnoxious "women", making a cartoon of normal femineity, and then take on these disgusting names.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (LlV+5)

8 The drag queen professor is still set to teach "Queer Ethnography" and "RuPaulitics Queer Ethnography" for Harvard's Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Department. But on Feb. 10, he will host the 2025-2026 Matthiessen Lecture at the woke Ivy League university called "Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties." It is going to feature discussions of two high-profile Democrat politicians -- Zohran Mamdani and Kamala Harris.
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I'm very, very glad that my job doesn't require me to design courses for this type of faculty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (ESVrU)

9 Speaking of quick hits, the police in London are beating the shit out anti' IRGC protestors.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (0KSrI)

10 Guess the tiktok girl has never heard of shampoo. Perhaps her husband should offer leadership and throw her greasy azz in the bath.

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (Iwv3U)

11 Somebody did a Minnesota type hit report on a New York village of mostly Hassidic jews. 60% are on welfare. The jews I saw were not happy. I'm not picking on jews, just that it's so prevalent.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (cxFcK)

12 the big, strong, independent women of the country are looking to their husbands for protection and leadership.

What is she even talking about?

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (qoUKC)

13 Insurance companies make billions.

They collect premiums and make money by keeping as much of it they can. They deny benefits promised and/or make it so tedious that people give up.

It’s shameful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (kAzG3)

14 Evening.

"LaWhore Vagistan"

Okay, which one of you Morons is this?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (sDpug)

15 I don't get offended that often, but how is that drag name not demeaning to women?
They LARP as obnoxious "women", making a cartoon of normal femineity, and then take on these disgusting names.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (LlV+5)

Sweetie, it is all misogyny. These are women-hating men, and they get off on dressing up as whores and claiming they are fabulous when they are actually miserable idiots.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (HnIBa)

16 Maybe Bill Kristol had a point about immigrants working harder than native-born Americans.

While native-born American blacks were content to passively cash their Pigford checks, Somali immigrant blacks were out there busting their humps creating fake childcare and transportation businesses.

Posted by: TITP at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (6Q9y6)

17 The chick in the last video looks like a Picasso, her face is crooked.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (X42T3)

18 Speaking of quick hits, the police in London are beating the shit out anti' IRGC protestors.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (0KSrI)

70 yo protestors, wish it would show up on Hannity's show

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (g47mK)

19 I wouldn't mind a price break on one of my medications. Most of them are pretty reasonable in cost, but one of them costs several hundred dollars a month WITH insurance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:20 PM (ESVrU)

20 LaWhore Vagistan

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Of the San Francisco Vagistans?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:20 PM (L/fGl)

21 Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (LlV+5)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:20 PM (PFs9e)

22
They say that 10% of government spending is fraud.

Some say as much as 30%.

I say the real scandal isn't the fraud, it is the shit that's legal.

Most of the PPP spending was totally legal, and all of it is a scam. Most of SNAP, Section 8,....

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (D5z+u)

23 DC transgender activist gets 3 years in prison, ordered to repay $956K for COVID relief fraud
FBI agents arrested the activist, Ruby Corado


A transgender named Ruby? Is this the transginger we heard about at SCOTUS?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (Yp6az)

24 11 Somebody did a Minnesota type hit report on a New York village of mostly Hassidic jews. 60% are on welfare. The jews I saw were not happy. I'm not picking on jews, just that it's so prevalent.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (cxFcK)

Are these the folks that think men should only study Torah, and women should stay home caring for kids? So, no visible means of support unless the wife works out of the home as well, I believe. Not a very stable way to maintain a family without welfare.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (HnIBa)

25 >>All of a sudden the big, strong, independent women of the country are looking to their husbands for protection and leadership.

Oof. Well, Only Fans is out, so…

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (egaJw)

26 Can we please get the money back from that fraudster Ilhan Omar and deport her back to Somalia (?) .although I think the leader of that country already told Trump he didn't want her back.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (PFs9e)

Somalia gets no say in the matter. Strap a cheap-ass used parachute to her skank ass, and punt out the cargo door of a C117 at 25,000 feet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (8zz6B)

27 They also do it to get exactly that reaction.

I am not saying to not have the reaction, they should get an axe handle across the face. They might learn manners before they ran out of teeth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

28 I think you have the drug prices backwards.

He's not implementing price controls and setting them arbitrarily.

He's demanding that US pay the same prices as Europeans.

So he's saying that the manufacturers have to find a middle ground of charging the EU more and the US less.

Makes total sense.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (lCHt6)

29 Damn right Americans shouldn't have to pay more for meds than other countries. Those drugs are mainly developed here with grants from the government. We are already paying for them.

Posted by: huerfano at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (98kQX)

30 It's probably just me, as I see weird things on videos, but bun hair girl at the end...her eyes are not symmetrical. One is higher than the other. If that is a zit near her nostril, yuck! If a mole she needs to see a derm.

I'd also suggest washing your hair before filming, but that is not the point.

I have been married for almost 47yrs...known my husband for almost 50yrs...and have never asked him for help due to concern on what is going on with liberals. He does not need to protect me from MN. What are they worried about? Seriously? What? Lesbos? ICE? President Trump? I am trying to think of when he physically needed to protect me and I come up with nothing!

If I asked him to protect me from radical lesbians in MN or ICE he would take me to the ED for an evaluation.

Have a great weekend, y'all. Stuff to do and pretend to be productive!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (WONhk)

31 Trump's plan for drug pricing is awesome. He actually started that last time but it was cancelled by Biden.

What is likely to happen is big drug companies will start pricing to Europe at higher rates and lower our rates slightly. So they are the same prices.

Like how Apple has the same worldwide prices.

This is how it should be.

Posted by: coba at January 16, 2026 06:22 PM (IuIym)

32 Crazy Eyes has made another video: https://tinyurl.com/5hy2nmtu


Only watched enough to hear she's still b#tching about men. Quelle surpise!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:22 PM (LlV+5)

33 They collect premiums and make money by keeping as much of it they can. They deny benefits promised and/or make it so tedious that people give up.

It’s shameful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (kAzG3)

I'm not proposing that they be run as "non-profits" because we all know that scam, but I'm very uncomfortable with them being publicly traded. Because when you're publicly traded your very first priority is your shareholders (as it should be). I truly think that's the crux of the problem, along with the jaw-dropping slush being shoveled to them thanks to 404-care.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 06:22 PM (VyqMH)

34 16 Maybe Bill Kristol had a point about immigrants working harder than native-born Americans.

While native-born American blacks were content to passively cash their Pigford checks, Somali immigrant blacks were out there busting their humps creating fake childcare and transportation businesses.
Posted by: TITP



THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!!!!!

Posted by: American Criminals Union at January 16, 2026 06:23 PM (hybOl)

35 Makes total sense.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (lCHt6)

Yeah. 'You don't have to sell at a loss, but you can't force us to pay all of the burden.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

36 And going after another woman’s man is about as anti feminist as you can get.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 06:23 PM (KDZEA)

37 So I take it that bitch ain't married herself. And protect them from what?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:23 PM (KDPiq)

38 Long read Europe gets same drugs cheaper than we can get

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Posted by: tcn in AK

In my long life I think I've only know three jews. They were good eggs. I've just lived in places with very few jews. These in the video were the ones that wear funny hats and long top coats. Boy, are they touchy.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (cxFcK)

40 >> Are these the folks that think men should only study Torah, and women should stay home caring for kids? So, no visible means of support unless the wife works out of the home as well, I believe. Not a very stable way to maintain a family without welfare.

In a word yes. But the Hasidic Community votes for Democrats so they look the other way. There are numerous counties just north of NYC where the fraud is rampant. They also do things like hide their marriages to collect double benefits. They are involved in every scam out there to the point that laces like Home Depot changes their polices to stop them.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (egaJw)

41 I have Whiskey Lullaby stuck in my head.

Oddly, I am in a good mood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

42 Somebody did a Minnesota type hit report on a New York village of mostly Hassidic jews. 60% are on welfare. The jews I saw were not happy. I'm not picking on jews, just that it's so prevalent.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM


Not buying that. When I drove a truck I would make deliveries in Brooklyn which is the capital of the NYC hassidic Jewish population. They had hundreds of small shops, clothing shops, tailors and wholesale places all over that area where I delivered and they were all staffed by Jews. They were busting their
a$$es making a living for themselves.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (0N4FZ)

43 I missed the last thread. I did watch thirty something when it was on the teevee, that said I was a dem at the time. My viewing habits changed when I went conservative. College football for the win.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 06:25 PM (2NHgQ)

44 How long before Hunter Biden is bathing with his daughters like his Pop-pops and steam rolling a crack pipe while he plays with his junk?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:25 PM (BSdIE)

45 Who names a girl "Navy?"

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (H4qGm)

46 I would point out that there are grifting people of all faiths and ethnicities. With tight knit communities though, they would self select as being hard working or piratical.

Just a thought.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

47 Hmm. Gal in the vid seems to have rather pinpointy pupils...and...bird hands.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

48 "discovered "romantic and lascivious" messages" on Signal. Right... Wonder how that happened?

Guess Signal isn't that secure after all, huh. On the plus side, good to know Sinema isn't a lesbo.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (MZ+PY)

49 Handing over Greenland is really the least the Europeans can do to make up for the decades of lower-priced drugs with their free-riding off the higher-priced American market.

Posted by: TITP at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (6Q9y6)

50 1) Big pharma spends billions of $ to develop a new drug. They patent it. They only get 14 years or so to recover the money invested. Hence, they need to sell the drug as fast as they can to everyone they can, worldwide, before it can go generic.

2) Other countries say, nice drug you have, but we'll only pay $10 a dose. Big Pharma needs $50 a dose to recoup and make a profit in 14 years. But $10 is > $0. So big pharma agrees.

3) Easy answer - they charge stupid Americans $300 a dose to make up the difference.

This has been going on for decades now. And more and more countries have gotten in on the scam - demand lower prices, big Pharma makes up the difference in the American market. And nobody says boo about it.

It's a big chunk of why drug prices have spiraled out of control in the U.S. - ALL the cost to create the drug is shifted to the U.S. Same is true for medical devices. The whole world forces you and I to pay for all medical advancements. Sad part is if every country paid a little more, we'd pay a ton less. We are 4% of population but pay 95% of the drug development costs.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (tV890)

51 >>Sweetie, it is all misogyny. These are women-hating men, and they get off on dressing up as whores and claiming they are fabulous when they are actually miserable idiots.


Yeah, just every now and then there's an obnoxious one like this really driving home the point.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (LlV+5)

52 >> Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (0N4FZ)

Ever been to Rockland or Orange County in NY? lol. Apparently not.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (egaJw)

53 I'm talking about all my friends boyfriends and husbands. . . .


What is YOUR boyfriend/husband doing sweetie?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (ItWcy)

54
No sympathy for Hunter's whore. either.

Yeah, I know, she's turned her life around and is a good mom yadda yadda yadda

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (RkMzg)

55 ThirtySomething...

Party of Five was the one with JLH and her girls, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

56 4 Can we please get the money back from that fraudster Ilhan Omar and deport her back to Somalia (?) .although I think the leader of that country already told Trump he didn't want her back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (PFs9e)

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At this point, don't we just OWN Somalia? I mean, what was it worth anyway, $1.98?

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (H4qGm)

57 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

The other thought is some cultures embrace it and others condemn it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (KDPiq)

58 And I don't think Hassidic Jews vote for Democrats. I think they went strongly for Trump.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (PFs9e)

59 When the Feds finally get around to uncovering the fraud in NY, you’re gonna see a lot of those counties.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (egaJw)

60 >>Who names a girl "Navy?"

A stripper who got coked up and had unprotected sex with Hunter Biden?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (LlV+5)

61 Sinema was fucking multiple people on her staff and attending drug fueled parties.

And she was one of the few Ds with an ounce of integrity.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

62
So he's saying that the manufacturers have to find a middle ground of charging the EU more and the US less.

Makes total sense.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (lCHt6)

Dont' they negotiate the drug prices with said countries? This is probably the same scam as CA unions negotiating with CA state politicians, it's paid with taxpayer funds? Nice racket.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:29 PM (X42T3)

63 60 >>Who names a girl "Navy?"

Girl who got pregnant by a sailor. Also, Hunter was washed out of the Navy.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:29 PM (tV890)

64 I would have thought ace would have more fun with the Sinema story. If she were a republican, we'd already have 5 porn parodies out about her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

65 I've made myself as physically, mentally, and emotionally unattractive as possible and now the sexist men don't want anything to do with me!
- Blue Jacketed F*ckeroffer

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:29 PM (L/fGl)

66 >> And I don't think Hassidic Jews vote for Democrats. I think they went strongly for Trump.

Going back to Hillary they were being investigated for illegal donations.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:29 PM (egaJw)

67 I'm not proposing that they be run as "non-profits" because we all know that scam, but I'm very uncomfortable with them being publicly traded. Because when you're publicly traded your very first priority is your shareholders (as it should be). I truly think that's the crux of the problem, along with the jaw-dropping slush being shoveled to them thanks to 404-care.
Posted by: Peaches

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The problem is that their only competitive pressure happens at the consumer level -- the public trying to save money by getting plans with less coverage. But Obamacare essentially outlawed that.

Or by people shopping around to reduce costs by using lower cost procedures or providers. This too has been made impossible.

Ideally, consumer would chose plans based on how much coverage they want and then still be able to reduce cost by not always defaulting to the most expensive drugs, most expensive tests, most expensive procedures.

I was in hospital in Japan and the Dr. actually asked me if I wanted an MRI. Said it wasn't really necessary, but for $70 we could check if anything else was wrong. (This was just at start of wuhan flu and hospital was mostly empty.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (D5z+u)

68 >>At this point, don't we just OWN Somalia? I mean, what was it worth anyway, $1.98?


That would be like buying a rundown mansion in Detroit for $1.98. More trouble than it's potential worth.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (LlV+5)

69 Yeah, I know, she's turned her life around and is a good mom yadda yadda yadda
Posted by: Auspex

And she's a 1

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (ItWcy)

70 LaWhore Vagistan, aka Kareem Khubchandani.

The names just glide effortlessly.

Is LaWhore pronounced just like it's spelled, similar to La Jolla and Siobhan?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (wVcYX)

71 It's government intervening in corporatism, the economic model of fascism. But in this case the corporatism is in the form of a collusive oligopoly among big pharma that targets the US consumer in the cruelest way it can. The US has been subsidizing the entire world's pharmaceuticals and healthcare for decades, which is one reason Europeans and Canadians lecture us about socialized healthcare (the other reason being they rely on us to spend on their military defense needs). They have cheap healthcare because of us. All the providers and drug companies price gauge us and give France a massive discount.

Before my best friend died of cancer, his health insurance paid the cancer center $1 million for cancer treatment invented in the 70's. The industry is a scam.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM (A/tlT)

72 Sinema was fucking multiple people on her staff and attending drug fueled parties.

-
You know, Happy Hour.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM (L/fGl)

73 Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (egaJw

It's scary because their IQ is just a bit higher than the Somalis.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM (KDPiq)

74 Crazy Cunt Raves About Menopause And Vampires. Film at !!11!!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM (BSdIE)

75 I worry for Trump - I appreciate how much he has taken on, but he is messing with BIG money and BIG graft schemes. These people are freaking the fuck out.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM (tV890)

76 >> The whole world forces you and I to pay for all medical advancements.

Sweet little deal, that. And our politicians get a bit of that profit kicked back as campaign donations to keep that little scam going.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

77 Sinema was fucking multiple people on her staff and attending drug fueled parties.

And she was one of the few Ds with an ounce of integrity.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)
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Hmmm... might be a good post-retirement gig.

Posted by: Weasel at January 16, 2026 06:32 PM (leKdc)

78 That last vid:

She's got dead eyes, like a doll's eyes

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:33 PM (ZxPkt)

79 >> Sinema was fucking multiple people on her staff

I always called her Senatrix Sinema.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:34 PM (w6EFb)

80 I'm surprised that little Navy wasn't named Eightball

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:34 PM (r8eU0)

81 77 Be sure to blog about it, Weasel.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 06:34 PM (Q0yOR)

82 Ever been to Rockland or Orange County in NY? lol. Apparently not.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (ega

That was my territory. Insurance fraud also on the menu.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:35 PM (KDPiq)

83 No sympathy for Hunter's whore. either.

Yeah, I know, she's turned her life around and is a good mom yadda yadda yadda
Posted by: Auspex

Makin' a livin' the old hard way
Takin' and givin' my day by day
I dig sun and rain and bright white snow
Workin' the pole (workin' the pole)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:35 PM (L/fGl)

84 "What is she even talking about?"

This is "unequal division of emotional labor" being recycled.

That was a whinge that came about in the last 5-10 years where AWFLs piss and moan about how men just don't understand how women have to unequally shoulder the terrible burden of just caring so much about everything.

I.e., men might just buy a present and a card for a birthday. Women PLAN and MAKE LISTS and COMPARE and RESEARCH and SEEK FEEDBACK, and the man will just say "wow, this is really nice, thanks."

TikTok girl CARES, and if he is SUCH A MAN, then go get SHOT for her, for cripes sake!

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 06:35 PM (enw9G)

85 I doubt Sinema is the only one.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 06:35 PM (0KSrI)

86 What's worse about the drug situation

Someone described the pricing above and they are right. Other countries threaten to violate the patent , so drug companies sell there at lower cost (covering production, but not R&D)

So US says we need to allow imports to force uniform pricing.
So FDA says, "no way, we can't inspect those foreign facilities. they may be unsafe." (This is called regulatory capture.)

So then FDA say, "Oh, BTW, it is OK to import shit made in China and India where we have no effective oversight (but we do have offices for when someone wants a vaycay) and they usually come with major problems."

You see, all decisions by gov. is what is best for industry. It is all about kickbacks and setting up a retirement fund for gov. workers.
/rant

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 06:37 PM (D5z+u)

87 >>I.e., men might just buy a present and a card for a birthday. Women PLAN and MAKE LISTS and COMPARE and RESEARCH and SEEK FEEDBACK, and the man will just say "wow, this is really nice, thanks."



. . . but also, there's no difference between men and women, it's totally fluid, and a social construct!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:37 PM (LlV+5)

88 I have Whiskey Lullaby stuck in my head.

Oddly, I am in a good mood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Oddly, Geo. Strait and 'Amarillo by Morning' were in my head upon waking this morning. Could be worse, but I've been trying to flush it out all day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

89 Again the most insane part about the Husband /boyfriend rant is that there is no danger that the women need to be protected from.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:37 PM (KDPiq)

90 Lizzy, YOU GET IT!

(high fives)

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 06:38 PM (enw9G)

91 I bet Romney ploughed her field.

Posted by: coba at January 16, 2026 06:38 PM (IuIym)

92 I worry for Trump - I appreciate how much he has taken on, but he is messing with BIG money and BIG graft schemes. These people are freaking the fuck out.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:31 PM


I worry as well. There have already been multiple attempts on his life so far. Granted those attempts were by amateurs. At this point Trump is literally fvcking around with the entire world. NATO, europe, china, russia almost all of the arab states and now big pharma which controls almost 1/4 of the entire worlds economies. Sooner or later they are going to get pi$$ed off enough to send a pro or two.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 06:38 PM (0N4FZ)

93 I doubt Sinema is the only one.
Posted by: Ben Had

Swallwell's wife is saying not only did he cheat massively on her, but he set up a couple dozen companies and saw to it they were all given fat government grants. To do nothing.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:38 PM (cxFcK)

94 'ettes >>>>> Soiboi Lefty men

And I am not even talking about with firearms. I suspect most of our 'ettes could take them in straight up hand-to-hand combat.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:39 PM (HlyYF)

95 88 It could be Glamorous Life by Sheila E. That's been rattling around in my head all day. No idea why.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 06:39 PM (Q0yOR)

96 I want to become a beautician so I can give hickory shampoos.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 06:39 PM (0KSrI)

97 Pink eye Tik Tok chick is back.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS)

98 wasn’t Sinema a lesbian? Coulda sworn she was.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (kgFPv)

99 The ex-wife of Kyrsten Sinema's bodyguard is suing the former Arizona senator for allegedly breaking up their marriage.

Really?

I find it hard to believe Kristen Sinema broke up anybody's marriage.

She's a Discount Tires 5 at best.

The wife must be a beast.
'

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (iJfKG)

100 19 I wouldn't mind a price break on one of my medications. Most of them are pretty reasonable in cost, but one of them costs several hundred dollars a month WITH insurance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:20 PM (ESVrU)

+++++

This is atrocious. I feel terrible for Americans like yourself who are forced to pick up the slack so the pharmaceuticals can make the ledger amounts look shiny. Horrible.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (wcTwv)

101 How come we learned about MN from some random named Shirley and not the Powerline boys?

"What would you say you DO here?"

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (ciYHQ)

102 88 I have Whiskey Lullaby stuck in my head.

Oddly, I am in a good mood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Oddly, Geo. Strait and 'Amarillo by Morning' were in my head upon waking this morning. Could be worse, but I've been trying to flush it out all day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:37 PM


I have taught all of my children that music is a powerful mood altering drug.

Further, it has much fewer negative side effects than all the rest of the drugs. The occasional earworm probably being the worst side effect.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (HlyYF)

103 Big Pharma happily fucked the nation during covid, and frankly big business decided they wanted to try just the tip donkey party the last 20 fucking years.

They can be regulated for a while.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (MUJd1)

104 "I like the potential of paying less, but I'm not in love with the government intervention into the economy"

I hate to break it to you Ace. Our government has already massively intervened in healthcare. Can you think of another sector more so (other than Defense)?

And it's been run to the disadvantage of those Americans who actually have to pay full-freight.

FFS, Luigi had a point!

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (dtajH)

105 Great post.
Sex, drugs and a deadbeat dad.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (UjdFS)

106 102 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (HlyYF)

Wagner is the gateway drug to ptsd.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (MUJd1)

107 Mister Scott and El Mariachi...pray for President Trump's protection and health. That's what I do, anyway, since the 2024 election.

I pray for a shield of protection around him, VP Vance, their family, friends and cabinet. That any plan against them fail.

Every night.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (WONhk)

108
I regard Loony AWFLs telling me it's my manly duty to protect them about as seriously as-

I regard Lame-ass Atheists telling me how to behave as a Christian.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (iJfKG)

109 Stronk spousal unit is why men put in so much overtime even though they get raped in their taxes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (BSdIE)

110 wasn’t Sinema a lesbian? Coulda sworn she was.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (kgFPv)


Bisexual but I think declared at one time she was just into the ladies at that particular point in time:

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (KDPiq)

111 >> wasn’t Sinema a lesbian? Coulda sworn she was.

She swings both ways.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (w6EFb)

112 She's a Discount Tires 5 at best.



How does that translate to Big O tires?

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:44 PM (kgFPv)

113 I find it hard to believe Kristen Sinema broke up anybody's marriage.

She's a Discount Tires 5 at best.
......

But when she wears those knee high boots and nothing else she's a 5.5

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:44 PM (UjdFS)

114 60 A stripper who got coked up and had unprotected sex with Hunter Biden?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (LlV+5)

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"Navy" is the woman who ha the sex with Biden. Her parents named HER Navy. Just crazy.

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 06:44 PM (H4qGm)

115 Sinema was fucking multiple people on her staff and attending drug fueled parties.
And she was one of the few Ds with an ounce of integrity.
Posted by: El Mariachi


I feel that way about George Santos. Least faggy R in the House.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

116 104 Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (dtajH)

No Luigi did not have a point or rather he had 1/3d a point. He decided to shoot a CEO Ogabe made "sadly necessary" in everyone's lives. I notice not one of the Gen Tippy Cuppers has the intellectual honesty or moral courage to call out the democrats who are the other 1/2 of the mess. If we are not to have a free market on health and we are not I am sick and fucking tired of functionally the American taxpayers being Daddy Warbucks to Big Pharma's R and D to the gain of only one political ideology.

Fuck 'em.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:45 PM (MUJd1)

117
And then she showed up in the Senate in this get-up one time:

https://is.gd/NDny4u

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:45 PM (w6EFb)

118 We are about to see unprecedented arrests and deportations.

A shame that controlling who's in our country is "unprecedented", but I'm still happy to see it.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 06:45 PM (qoUKC)

119 68 >>That would be like buying a rundown mansion in Detroit for $1.98. More trouble than it's potential worth.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (LlV+5)

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Nah, we move all the Afrikkaners to Somalia, ship the Somalis to SA and in 40-50 Somalia is a paradise.

You could also replace "Afrikkaners" with "Jews."

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 06:46 PM (H4qGm)

120 I get pretty bored when I'm at the tire shop.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:46 PM (UjdFS)

121 Without Sinema we might have had Puerto rican and dc statehood. Along with a 13 member scotus.

So she ducked around, whatevs.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:46 PM (kgFPv)

122 106 102 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (HlyYF)

Wagner is the gateway drug to ptsd.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM


I learned to love Ride of the Valkyries from Loony Tunes, back when the writers of our cartoons had a more expansive and diverse education compared to our current crop of Ivy League professors.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:46 PM (HlyYF)

123 I have taught all of my children that music is a powerful mood altering drug.

Further, it has much fewer negative side effects than all the rest of the drugs. The occasional earworm probably being the worst side effect.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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I get you, but I just realized that I do not recall a purely instrumental piece ever implanting itself. Too bad, really, asthere are many,many that would be interesting/soothing. Hold it...I just remembered John Cages' 4′33″

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (XeU6L)

124 How do "transgenders" come up with these names. Is there some name generator on Redditt or something.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (dIske)

125 "I regard Loony AWFLs telling me it's my manly duty to protect them about as seriously as- "

God forbid you hold a door for one, though.

I am thankful I live in a place where people still do that for one another, smile, and say "thank you!"

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (enw9G)

126 My announcement as king , either bring your pharmacy prices close to equitable for everyone or see your patent protection length be greatly reduced.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (KDPiq)

127 123 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 16, 2026 06:46 PM (HlyYF)

Between that and Kilgore I hear it whenever I am looking to raise hell or be motivated.....when I headed out into the box to harass RTU I would sometimes play it on a boombox.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (MUJd1)

128 And then she showed up in the Senate in this get-up one time:

https://is.gd/NDny4u
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
......

If she wore that to the tire shop she'd be a 6.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:48 PM (UjdFS)

129 And then she showed up in the Senate in this get-up one time:

https://is.gd/NDny4u
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Holy pervert, Batman!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:48 PM (L/fGl)

130 >>Who names a girl "Navy?"

A woman who has seen the fleet come ashore a time or two.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

131 The occasional earworm probably being the worst side effect.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Dude, it's called a flashback.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl)

132 My other announcement as king is Luigi to be executed for pre-meditated murder at dawn.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:50 PM (KDPiq)

133 JackStraw, hahahahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 06:50 PM (0KSrI)

134 in the Senate in this get-up

Heads or tails, pitcher or catcher

Posted by: Senatrix Twoface at January 16, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)

135 Funny

https://tinyurl.com/2mbj839x

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 16, 2026 06:51 PM (cxFcK)

136 Sinema showed up on the Senate floor with big white puffy "fuck-me"boots. From what the lawsuit says she was serious about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:51 PM (r8eU0)

137 DC transgender activist gets 3 years in prison, ordered to repay $956K for COVID relief fraud
.......

on the bright side, in prison it will get free bottom surgery

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 06:53 PM (UjdFS)

138 "We are about to see unprecedented arrests and deportations."

Such a tease

"But first, we shall warn them again "

Warning #407

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 06:53 PM (ciYHQ)

139 >>>And then she showed up in the Senate in this get-up one time:

https://is.gd/NDny4u
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Holy pervert, Batman!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

>How is it possible she wasn't dragged off of the floor, drug tested and body searched?

Bitch be cray-cray!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:53 PM (BSdIE)

140 Clickhole seems pretty desperate, cringy, as the kids say, and insistent upon itself. I was wondering if it was an onion production, and yeah, it's an onion production.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 06:53 PM (3uBP9)

141 137 Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:51 PM (r8eU0)

Eh she was not the least fuckable person on the hill, that said wear a full body condom and either earplugs or a ballgag for her...

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:54 PM (MUJd1)

142
And her swearing in with He Who Shall Not Be Named:
https://is.gd/DEFOXe

She could pull off the MILF porn star look pretty good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:54 PM (w6EFb)

143 Picture Sinema and Fetterman having a child.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 06:55 PM (dtajH)

144 My big issue with Big Pharma is that they are set up as an industry more focused on medical maintenance than curing disease/medical conditions.

The money is in ongoing customers, not outright conclusion. It pays better dividends to make an individual dependent upon medication to manage a medical condition, as opposed to outright curing. And, I'm not stupid. I understand for them to exist they have to cover the massive costs of their research and development (which are obscene, btw).

I think we should stop providing federal grants to pharmaceutical companies (who are the largest recipients) and focus on providing grants to medical research labs that are motivated by one thing, and one thing only....finding a cure to a particular disease.

The motivation for a Pharmaceutical company is financial. On a personal employee level it is stability. Finding a cure is about 7 or 8 down on the list.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 06:55 PM (dIske)

145 "some medications would see reductions of "300, 400, even 500%," figures he said Americans have "never heard of before."

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He's right about that...what does 300/400/500% reduction mean? Are they gonna pay me to.take the drug?

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 16, 2026 06:55 PM (1Au9i)

146 144 Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 06:55 PM (dtajH)

If boy name after me, GROK and if a girl after you "Crazy Whore"....

//A very Fetterman Xmas

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (MUJd1)

147 Big Pharma has revealed itself as mercenary and anti-freedom.

You know what other Big P is mercenary and anti-Truth, Justice, and the American Way?

Posted by: Every swinging Richard at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (0sNs1)

148 That woman person in the video, her face is unfortunate

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (NtVYv)

149 Can we please get the money back from that fraudster Ilhan Omar and deport her back to Somalia (?) .although I think the leader of that country already told Trump he didn't want her back.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (PFs9e)

we can pay them to keep her there.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

150


That Sinema is one horny beast. The transcript is like reading Penthouse Letters. She needed feeding constantly.

I'd do her.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (och2J)

151 Who names a girl "Navy?
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For some reason, Operation Tailhook comes to mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:57 PM (XeU6L)

152 Its always the crazy ones.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

153 Fetterman : Senator Sinema do you give good lump?

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:57 PM (r8eU0)

154 How do you reduce cost over 100%?

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:58 PM (kgFPv)

155 Health care's like any other product or service: if the consumer is in charge of spending his money on it, then the market will make sure that it is affordable.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at January 16, 2026 06:58 PM (R/m4+)

156 151 Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (och2J)

Eh she is at best if I am very very drunk .67 Palin

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (MUJd1)

157 @156 Volume!

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (r8eU0)

158
Daily Mail says Walz and Frey are under criminal investigation by the DOJ for impeding and obstructing federal law enforcement.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (w6EFb)

159 Trump using govt money in the private sector.

Trump is proposing that eligible Americans receive that money directly, allowing them to purchase the health insurance of their choice. "The government is going to pay the money directly to you,"
---

This is wrong.
This is wrong.

Change the rules that removes the costs. Change the rules that removes Byzantium. But no govt hand outs. No govt deciding who and how much.
Wrong think. Stinks of socialism.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (3UR/I)

160 151 I would disappoint her so hard.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (Q0yOR)

161 140 >>>And then she showed up in the Senate in this get-up one time:

https://is.gd/NDny4u
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Holy pervert, Batman!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

>How is it possible she wasn't dragged off of the floor, drug tested and body searched?

Bitch be cray-cray!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:53 PM (BSdIE)

+++++

Certainly advertising what she is, no mistaking that. On the flip side is Elizabeth Warren. Her stale attire just bugs the hell out of me.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (wcTwv)

162 It was so good of Mirengoff to teach us all about soccer while MN was burning through our tax dollars.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (ciYHQ)

163 >>So it's the childs fault.

Your reading comprehension appears to be even worse than your sense of humor.

In any case, go fuck yourself.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

164 I think you have the drug prices backwards.

He's not implementing price controls and setting them arbitrarily.
He's demanding that US pay the same prices as Europeans.
So he's saying that the manufacturers have to find a middle ground of charging the EU more and the US less.

Makes total sense.
Posted by: DudeAbiding


Better yet, buy wholesale in EU and resale in the US!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 07:00 PM (/lPRQ)

165 156 Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:58 PM (kgFPv)

If a product is artificially orders of magnitude over production cost it is possible.

The markup % is what pisses people off more than even raw price.

Take an aspirin even before the crazy hospital markup the cost per pill in production in 90s dollars was IIRC from econ .6 cents per pill or something ridiculous like that....

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 07:00 PM (MUJd1)

166 Somebody has been vaping too much cannabis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:02 PM (BSdIE)

167 Hey, it Fuck Off Friday!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)

168 If Big Pharma starts hollering that profits from existing drugs fund research, remind them that they don't *need* to spend millions of dollars advertising their product.

Posted by: pookysgirl gets her medication advice from her doctor at January 16, 2026 07:02 PM (Wt5PA)

169 161 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 06:59 PM (3UR/I)

Hi Sven J Olafson here, you might remember me from 20+ years of being a radical free marketeer here and other places and an old hand in DOOM! threads....

fuck these people in big business, they decided to deep throat the democrats while relying on us being the designated villains to the politically disinterested....

Big Pharma in particular is due some deep deep battery operated probe loving.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 07:03 PM (MUJd1)

170 I have had bad tobacco cravings all day today. Pipe tobacco for some reason. Or Cigar. Or a non-filter.

No idea why.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

171 >>>Her stale attire just bugs the hell out of me.

Posted by: washrivergal

>Plus, her stale personality and intellect are revolting.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:04 PM (BSdIE)

172 It would be a treat to see Walz perp walked at 4am

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)

173 165 >>So it's the childs fault.

Your reading comprehension appears to be even worse than your sense of humor.

In any case, go fuck yourself.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)


+++++

No kidding.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 07:04 PM (wcTwv)

174 I have been married for almost 47yrs...known my husband for almost 50yrs...and have never asked him for help due to concern on what is going on with liberals. He does not need to protect me from MN. What are they worried about? Seriously? What? Lesbos? ICE? President Trump? I am trying to think of when he physically needed to protect me and I come up with nothing!

If I asked him to protect me from radical lesbians in MN or ICE he would take me to the ED for an evaluation.

Have a great weekend, y'all. Stuff to do and pretend to be productive!!!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:21 PM (WONhk)

It is a biproduct of the victim culture and virtue signaling. If you are normal and curse at a news update and forget it, you need to give way to her INTENSE caring that is making her ill so that her husband has to go shoot the police. The fact that it is psychotic doesn't matter.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 07:05 PM (8avO+)

175 If a product is artificially orders of magnitude over production cost it is possible.

The markup % is what pisses people off more than even raw price.

Take an aspirin even before the crazy hospital markup the cost per pill in production in 90s dollars was IIRC from econ .6 cents per pill or something ridiculous like that....
Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 07:00 PM (MUJd1)

You still can’t reduce the cost by more than 100% for the consumer.

If that aspirin costs $10 and you reduce the cost to $0 it’s a 100% reduction. Unless you start paying people to take the aspirin it’s mathematically impossible to see savings of 500% like the claim made.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:05 PM (kgFPv)

176 "Pfizer's advertising spending fluctuates but was around $3.3 billion worldwide in 2024, down from $3.7 billion in 2023, with significant portions going to digital campaigns, while they also heavily promote specific drugs like Paxlovid and have a large overall marketing budget exceeding $3.5 billion annually"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 07:05 PM (XeU6L)

177 Posted by: Dave's Not Here, Man at January 16, 2026 06:57 PM (t0Nbx)

u mad?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)

178 I think they are 'trying to say' that the cost would be a third, quarter or fifth of what it is normally.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:06 PM (zZu0s)

179 To be fair, the young lady in the last video had a nice miniature dachshund.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

180 It would be a treat to see Walz perp walked at 4am
Posted by: Skip
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The Roger Stone treatment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 07:07 PM (XeU6L)

181 Duncanthrax, I saw that too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:07 PM (0KSrI)

182 >>A woman who has seen the fleet come ashore a time or two.

>So it's the childs fault

Navy Biden is 7. The joke is about a woman.
Probably the woman who named her daughter.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (ciYHQ)

183 That bastard Musk and his damn war:
https://tinyurl.com/ysb9xmer

Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (AUlwe)

184 The girl in the last video, an average C for scolding, the zit or sore by her nose is a B, but the dachsund on the bed is an A. I give the video a B- for Scold in training.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (pDt9x)

185 98 wasn’t Sinema a lesbian? Coulda sworn she was.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (kgFPv)

She would have turned for me. Well me and every other guy on the block, apparently.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (hxusQ)

186 177 Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:05 PM (kgFPv)

Sure, but the govt calls taxes income even though it is grifted from you and swears that 5% increases are 25% cuts...

I have given up on reality based math when dealing with rhetoric...it helped keep me sane...well not sane but you know.

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (MUJd1)

187 How do you reduce cost over 100%?
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:58 PM (kgFPv)

presumably the price now is 500 percent of the foreigner price. So the cost would drop by a factor of 5.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (8avO+)

188 She would have turned for me. Well me and every other guy on the block, apparently.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (hxusQ)

Remember the gag in Airplane !! Where the guys are lined up down the aisle?

This also makes me think of Bonnie Blue.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s)

189 Never ever saw the appeal of Sinema, either physically or personally. Just your average DC grifter that got too mouthy for her own good, and lost her grift.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:10 PM (pDt9x)

190 U A tard?
Posted by: Dave's Not Here, Man at January 16, 2026 07:10 PM


* raises hand *

Posted by: Tim Walz, helping to redefine Thoroughly Modern Masculinity at January 16, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

191 Yeah it’s 500% more expensive vs foreigner costs. But then say that do t say you’ll save 500%. It’s a pet peeve of mine when math is misused like that.

Another example is when sales tax goes from 5 to 6 and people say it’s a 1% increase. No, it’s a 20% increase.

Rant off.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:11 PM (kgFPv)

192 Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:10 PM (pDt9x)

I get it. But I am also terminally retarded when it comes to crazy women.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)

193 Darmak at Tenagra, his finger extended

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:12 PM (ciYHQ)

194
I have given up on reality based math when dealing with rhetoric...it helped keep me sane...well not sane but you know.
Posted by: sven
----

I'm with you, 110%.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 07:12 PM (XeU6L)

195 195 Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:10 PM (pDt9x)

I get it. But I am also terminally retarded when it comes to crazy women.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s

Bet your dating scene was muy loco!!

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:12 PM (pDt9x)

196
131 >>Who names a girl "Navy?"

Many many years ago, when many wife’s parents were young they had a black maid named Artillery. She would explain that they just thought it was a very nice sounding word, and they had no clue what it meant.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (hxusQ)

197 That... would be one way to describe it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

198 "you need to give way to her INTENSE caring"

if you rilly love her!

Her "caring", obsessing, fantasizing, acting out, etc besides being insane (as you noted) is an entirely self-imposed burden.

She CHOOSES to wallow in this crap, and what she's mad about is that he just...doesn't. (and I suspect told her to calm down about it. That always ends well!)

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (enw9G)

199 186 The girl in the last video, an average C for scolding, the zit or sore by her nose is a B, but the dachsund on the bed is an A. I give the video a B- for Scold in training.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM

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She starts off pretty strong with her up talking, but isn't able to maintain it throughout: C. She seems to be just on the verge of using bird hands but hasn't yet mastered a proficiency: C-.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (2Ez/1)

200 The young lady in the last video needs to give all her female friends who are talking to her a picture of a BCG, and have them ask their husbands/boyfriends/partners if they know what it is.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)

201 Pretty much a certainty that Sinema is not going to have a spot at the CNN table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (3UR/I)

202 Sinema may not be that much in the looks department, although she’s not horrible. But makes it up in her need to be fucked non stop.

Horny 6 > Cold 8

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (kgFPv)

203
I'm with you, 110%.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 07:12 PM (XeU6L)

++++

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (wcTwv)

204 That Sinema is one horny beast. The transcript is like reading Penthouse Letters. She needed feeding constantly.

I'd do her.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 16, 2026 06:56 PM (och2J)

So, she needs a new head of security?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (dK+Kv)

205 wasn’t Sinema a lesbian? Coulda sworn she was.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 06:41 PM (kgFPv)

She would have turned for me. Well me and every other guy on the block, apparently.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM (hxusQ)

Sun Tzu dicatates the truly victorious would not only turn her, but convince her to bring a friend.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)

206 Horny 6 > Cold 8
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (kgFPv)

I'd agree with this. Attitude can make up for a boatload.

But again, im retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

207 7 I don't get offended that often, but how is that drag name not demeaning to women?
They LARP as obnoxious "women", making a cartoon of normal femineity, and then take on these disgusting names.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (LlV+5)

Exactly! Womanface. The whole trans agenda is just plain making fun of woman with their ridiculous makeup, clothes and mannerisms.

Posted by: bk-lurker at January 16, 2026 07:17 PM (u6787)

208 >>>Another example is when sales tax goes from 5 to 6 and people say it’s a 1% increase. No, it’s a 20% increase.

Rant off.

Posted by: Really??

>You math wizards need to tone it down. This is the HQ, and it's going into your permanent record.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:17 PM (BSdIE)

209 Sinema had some votes that helped keep things from totally sliding off the rails so I don't care who she was fucking because a couple of times it wasn't America.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (0KSrI)

210
Better yet, buy wholesale in EU and resale in the US!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Drug boats from EU to USA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (pkeXY)

211 nood cute animals

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

212 202 186 The girl in the last video, an average C for scolding, the zit or sore by her nose is a B, but the dachsund on the bed is an A. I give the video a B- for Scold in training.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 07:08 PM
---

A good spanking with a ping pong paddle would straighten her out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (3UR/I)

213 What is a bcg?

And regarding womanface, I wish everyone would call it that, and make it as unacceptable as bl*ckface.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 07:20 PM (enw9G)

214 Daemon and Jalad at Nood, their arms wide

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:20 PM (ciYHQ)

215 213 Sinema had some votes that helped keep things from totally sliding off the rails so I don't care who she was fucking because a couple of times it wasn't America.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (0KSrI)

Yes.

We could have had the state of DC had some other Dem been there instead of her when Dems controlled everything.

Her along with Manchin saved us from a lot of pain.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 07:20 PM (kgFPv)

216 Think of this as a tariff on the EUtards.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 07:27 PM (ULPxl)

217 My official rule on the pharma thing is that I'll worry about their profitability on making back the money put into research the very minute they fund that research without a single taxpayer dollar.

Posted by: American Hawkman at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (rM26B)

218 "Eh. I dislike the price discrimination, I like the potential of paying less, but I'm not in love with the government intervention into the economy."

Europe uses single payer monopsony power to force prices lower and drug companies agree because they can "make it up charging Americans more"

This cannot keep going on.

Posted by: coba at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (IuIym)

219 I feel that way about George Santos. Least faggy R in the House. Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

Good one.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 07:53 PM (tV890)

220 Europe uses single payer monopsony power to force prices lower and drug companies agree because they can "make it up charging Americans more" This cannot keep going on.
Posted by: coba at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (IuIym)

Wrose - this has been blatant and obvious for decades. And the Euros demanded to be charged less, say they get a drug for $50, that we pay $100 for. Then they say, why stop at $50? $20. And we pay $150. And so on. Canada and Japan, hell, the whole world has been doing this.

It's how they can offer socialized medicine - by transferring as much of the cost as possible over to us. Drug companies, as much as I dislike them, are in a pinch - $20 is better than nothing. As long as they can make it up charging us, it all works out for them. So, they agree to the new prices. It's why drugs are radically cheaper in Mexico and Canada - they are selling the same damn drugs for less because they told the drug companies, they want the drugs for less. because the whole world is in on the scam, they might pay slightly more, but we'll pay a LOT less.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (tV890)

221 Exactly! Womanface. The whole trans agenda is just plain making fun of woman with their ridiculous makeup, clothes and mannerisms. Posted by: bk-lurker at January 16, 2026 07:17 PM (u6787)

It's not that they dress like women, but the most outrageous possible version of women. Catty, over sexualized, obnoxious screaming and crying and carrying on. A guy in blackface singing about mammy is somehow less insulting.

I don't understand how women tolerate it, much less approve of it. It's so embarrassing to watch.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (tV890)

222 The whole world is in on the scam. And there are more of them then there are of us. What is means is the rest of the world will pay a buck or two more, and we'll pay a LOT less. Half is my guess.

Let's say I sell a widget for $50 each. 10 customers. If 9 customers demand the widget for $20, and 1 says charge me whatever, the widget will cost $20 for 9 customers, and $320 to me. Parity pricing means they pay $30 more, and I pay $270 LESS.

The effect over the whole world is huge. Almost every country BUT the U.S. demands to pay less. So, all the costs shift to us.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM (tV890)

223 Kristen Sinema has to be her porn name.

Posted by: Pooklord at January 16, 2026 08:21 PM (asU3w)

224 The founder of a nonprofit that provided LGBTQ+ services in the Washington, D.C. area

-------

Does not compute.

Nothing in DC isn't for profit. 2200% margins are normal for anyone running business in the beltway.

And every business provides LGBTQ+ "services." Paul Pelosi and Lindsay Graham aren't going to entertain themselves with mai-tais and amyl nitrate and hammers alone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (BI5O2)

225
So if I understand the situation, Hunter Biden on crack had sex with a stripper and now owes CH child support for the resulting child until age 18. So apparently this woman who does not practice birth control and does not believe in abortion is a victim. I don't have much sympathy for Hunter Biden, but this is BS.

Posted by: Frankly at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (e4BhP)

226 228 Posted by: Frankly at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (e4BhP)

Plenty of men in the same trap, of course they are not democrat princes eh comrade?

Posted by: sven at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (MUJd1)

227 But will prices be reduced 90%? Sounds like Big Pharma has been passing the Euro cost to us. More likely Euro prices will rise 50% and ours reduce 50%? Of course, this is the opinion of someone completely illiterate when it comes to economics

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:23 PM (ciYHQ)

228 .
https://x.com/Marooned_Maroon/status/2012358954097983638

Posted by: Marooned at January 16, 2026 10:00 PM (kt8QE)

Quick Hits


In 2016, under Obama, CNN road along with an Obama propaganda effort to show he was really cracking down on illegal aliens. Because the political imperative at the time was to prove that Obama was the "Deporter in Chief" -- and that that was a good thing -- CNN filed a very positive report on DHS arresting illegals.

Mamdani's ugly communist nepo baby has admitted that she wants to "destroy" the housing market so that she can make the housing market completely socialist.

Like Obama planned with the health care market. (And it's working -- it's failing and Democrats are demanding more and more socialist interventions, precisely as planned.)

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's controversial pick for tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, once admitted that pushing for rent control was just the "first step" in her plan to destroy the free housing market and move toward "full social housing."
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Videos of Weaver's past statements have gone viral on social media since Mamdani chose the 37-year-old to lead the city's Office to Protect Tenants.

"We decided that fighting for rent control was a strategic and critical first step in the fight for full social housing," she said in a newly surfaced clip. "So, a lot of times people ask, 'Why are we fighting for rent control when we have NYCHA? We should be fighting to save public housing.' We decided that through a program like rent control, we are able to directly challenge the logic of unfettered profit in the real estate market. Umm, and we are able to directly challenge housing as a wealth-building tool and, through regulation, strike a blow to the entire real estate industry at once."

She continued, "And so, the beauty of rent stabilization and rent control is that it weakens the speculative value of the real estate asset. The value is no longer based on what the landlord is able to get, but rather it's based on a state public board deciding how much rent is going up. And yes, that board is controlled by the real estate industry, and yes, there could be a better way to regulate it. But the idea is that we could weaken the entire industry at once through a strong rent control campaign, and that would strengthen our ability to do things, like fight for social housing."

Candace Owens is going to spin another conspiracy theory to explain this away -- a family member of Tyler Robinson's gay furry lover admits that xir's gay boyfriend killed Charlie Kirk.


The assassination of Charlie Kirk in September has generated a lot of conspiracy theories from the left. They range from claiming that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, is a MAGA supporter, a far-right "Groyper," and even not the actual assassin, and he's being framed.


NewsNation's Brian Entin interviewed a family member of Lance Twiggs, Robinson's transgender identifying lover, and she put to rest one of the key conspiracy theories.

She revealed quite a bit about the pair in the interview, but what stood out most was how quickly and confidently she shut down the swirling conspiracy theories. When asked directly whether police had the right suspect, she showed no hesitation at all.

"100%. They, they have the right guy."

No Egyptian planes, no Israeli assassins, no Mormon Bee Cultists, no betrayal by TPUSA staffers and Erika Kirk, scheming to murder her husband -- just the gay furry who left his fingerprints and DNA on the murder weapon.

But, but, but -- Candace Owens told me she had a dream in which Charlie Kirk came to her and told her that his friend and business partner Andrew Kolvet had "betrayed" him. And of course the near-retard malignant narcissist Candace Owens' dreams are never wrong!

The demonic hangar-nostriled narcissist is now using Erika Kirk pleading for her to stop accusing her of murdering her husband as a "funny" meme.

Do you remember Soy Actor Timothy Busfield? You'll probably recognize him. He was one of those Soy-Based Life Forms Hollywood pushed on us in the early 80s, seeking the next Alan Alda-type Sensitive Man.

I always despised him. I just don't like Soy. Never did. He was in Thirtsomething playing a character named, I assume, Cuck Softcock. Below, a picture from Field of Dreams, in which he played Professor "Stubby" Tinymeat. I mean, probably. I only saw it once and never got the big deal.

fieldofdreams.jpg

He also married left-wing has-been Melissa Gilbert.

And he's now being accused of being a long-time child sex abuser.

Earlier this week, I wrote about how actor-director Timothy Busfield is facing two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, according to an arrest warrant issued by the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). He also appeared to be missing for a time, which led to the United States Marshals getting involved in the search.

They initially went to the home in New York's Catskill Mountains that Busfield shares with his wife, Melissa Gilbert, and, of course, no one was there. People magazine reports that there were concerns that he may have "done something to himself." The Marshals also set up a team to watch in case Busfield returned.

Now we know that the actor was actually on a little cross-country road trip to New Mexico, and he turned himself in to the police on Tuesday, claiming "I did not do anything to those little boys" and that he will "confront the lies."

The "little boys" in question are 11-year-old child actors who appeared on the show The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield directed. Busfield and Gilbert reportedly grew super close with the boys and their parents, which the APD called part of his "grooming" process, and allegations range from "tickling" to lying in bed together watching TV to rubbing one of the boys' genitals.

Busfield didn't deny being close with the boys and even confessed that he would often pick up a third little boy on the set and make him "giggle" to get ready for his scenes. However, he claims the twins' parents just wanted "revenge" because another child replaced them on the show at some point.

Fake allegations do happen. But he's been accused before:

In 2001, he was accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl. According to the girl's father, his daughter "was auditioning for Busfield at B Street Theatre -- a nonprofit the actor founded in Sacramento -- when the actor kissed her, put his hands down her pants and touched her private parts. Busfield later allegedly begged the family not to report the allegations as long as he received therapy."

The Bee:

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Posted by: Kratwurst at January 16, 2026 05:01 PM (36bTp)

2

I read yesterday that people have 5 million weapons (guns).

Come on BITCH!!! Try to take my house away from me.

Posted by: four seasons at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (3ek7K)

3 Why oh why was the screaming lesbian not in her natural habitat of the passenger seat of a Subaru, making bird hands?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 16, 2026 05:04 PM (wGerL)

4 First & the Nood; well done, Kratwurst!

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 05:04 PM (NcvvS)

5 Ummm…I am pretty confident the Trump admin did not put this woman through menopause. That, dear lady, was simply your age.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 05:05 PM (pZEOD)

6 The only thing I know about thirty something is that they tried to scare everyone about radon, and you could tell a low information person if in every conversation they fretted about radon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:05 PM (0U5gm)

7 Screaming Lesbian? I haven't been called that since my honeymoon!

Posted by: Renee Good at January 16, 2026 05:06 PM (D5z+u)

8 >>> 2

I read yesterday that people Americans have 5 mBillion weapons (guns).

Come on BITCH!!! Try to take my house away from me.

Posted by: four seasons at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (3ek7K)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 05:06 PM (ULPxl)

9 Also, I would have been first but Saijo wanted scritchies and he is way more adorable than all of you! Lol

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (pZEOD)

10 Again, I sit and wonder if anyone will even get my allusions.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (D5z+u)

11 I did not know she was only 13. The bitch lied to me about her age.

Not my fault....

Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (J9q9v)

12 Duck Karen sounded like an angry chicken: Buck HAW! Buck HAW!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (0aYVJ)

13 “What exactly is the news hook here?” asked Matt Gutman of ABC News. “Is this an upbeat human-interest story about a ’day in the life’ of a bloodthirsty homosexual who likes to kill people? Or is it more of an examination of how Tylers’s ordinary upbringing in Utah helped to shape the way he would one day viciously murder a conservative speaker at a university?”

“Or maybe the story is just that murder is cool now,” Gutman continued. “I don’t know. There are a million different angles on this one.”

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (jc0TO)

14 Did we finally agree that the official term for a group of AWFLs is a coven?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (0U5gm)

15 No Egyptian planes, no Israeli assassins, no Mormon Bee Cultists, no betrayal by TPUSA staffers and Erika Kirk, scheming to murder her husband -- just the gay furry who left his fingerprints and DNA on the murder weapon.

I can't help but notice you left out the TRUTH! He was assassinated by time traveling space Jews! Ace is part of the coverup!!!

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (ycI94)

16 Savvy blog owners don't put all the attractive females in one thread like this. Spread them out during the day. Keep the rubes coming back for more.

Posted by: Assistant Vice Foreman Rube at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (oftw2)

17 >> Liberal woman says the Trump regime put her body through menopause

I think it was probably antipsychotic drugs and Twinkies. Mostly Twinkies.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (AaEou)

18 I think that is a genius name for the new soy James Bond.

I'm Softc*ck. Cuck Softc*ck. You should copyright that sh*t and sell it to Amazon.

Posted by: Nelly at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (7gpcF)

19 TiL I discovered that "FuckOff!" is the call of the middle-aged Karen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (dK+Kv)

20 From the unhinged Karen video:
"Those birds identified as dead already".

Snort.

Also, I really wanted to see how long she could keep screaming
"F*** off" before her voice failed.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

21 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (3AwA+)

22 I think the only other Busfield role I ever saw aside from Field of Dreams was Poindexter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (0aYVJ)

23 Why oh why was the screaming lesbian not in her natural habitat of the passenger seat of a Subaru, making bird hands?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
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Her repeated call of fuckoff! sounds like some kind of bird.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (XvL8K)

24 It's five o'clock somewhere, right???

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (2WIwB)

25 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Left a comment at the end of the last post - always a day late....🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 05:10 PM (79IuU)

26 ‘100%. They, they have the right guy."

Exactly what the real killer would say to avoid suspicion on himself!

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:10 PM (vGaW9)

27 It's five o'clock somewhere, right???
Posted by: Diogenes

I think you’re good if it turns five before you finish

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (36bTp)

28 12 Duck Karen sounded like an angry chicken: Buck HAW! Buck HAW!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (0aYVJ)

I thought it was an old Monty Python skit.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (qwype)

29 Down in Alabama a few years ago a woman who lived on the Elk River near Rogersville came out on her dock and started yelling and screaming at duck hunter's in a blind scaring away the ducks, screaming for them not to kill her babies. She called the Game Warden, who came out, listened to her story, and cited her. She was fined something like 5000 dollars for interfering in a legal hunt.

Posted by: Dantes at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (AhHA/)

30 Ah, so Busfield's scam was starting a theatre group to find young girls, eager to please. I respect that.

Posted by: Little Darlings Cheer And Dance Academy at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (oftw2)

31 The approaching "Fuhk cough," bird call was brilliant!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (YlWIZ)

32 That was funny- the unhinged lady with the hunters with decoys. it wouldn't be nearly as funny if she said, " Please leave now." But besides being overused " F off " said repeatedly sounds very much like a bird. And since they're allowed to be there what was her problem?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:12 PM (ix8EF)

33 Ummm…I am pretty confident the Trump admin did not put this woman through menopause. That, dear lady, was simply your age.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 05:05 PM (pZEOD)

When the big brain is in a state of derangement, it would be foolish to expect the little one to remain sane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:12 PM (8zz6B)

34 It's five o'clock somewhere, right???

Posted by: Diogenes



Heh, the saying in Russia is that it is 10am somewhere.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

35 four seasons

With that many firearms in the hands of citizens ..

Since most of the owners of firearms are pragmatic, if we were the problem the Left says we are, the few surviving Leftists would be grateful to be alive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 05:13 PM (u82oZ)

36 Heh, the saying in Russia is that it is 10am somewhere.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

And Butte, Montana.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:13 PM (0aYVJ)

37 People magazine reports that there were concerns that he may have "done something to himself."

He did do something to himself. To his dick. He was the faggot jackhammering his dick off at Plant Hollywood. He now has no dick.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:14 PM (vGaW9)

38 I wish they would have aimed just over her head and shot. Said "oh wait I thought it was a duck!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (uWKK8)

39 I read yesterday that people have 5 million weapons (guns).

Come on BITCH!!! Try to take my house away from me.

Posted by: four seasons at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM


I may own half of them. The rest of you guys need to step up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (jc0TO)

40 >> It's five o'clock somewhere, right???

When my brother was in Baumholder I visited and stayed in the barracks. Before formation, one of his brothers wakes up, grabs a beer from the “soda” machine. Drinks it and goes off to PT.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (AaEou)

41 Screaming Lesbians, did they open for Pussy Riot at the Cow Palace?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (SYQOM)

42 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Dunno - but I do know this: One set of grandparents lived in a old stone farmhouse on top of a mountain within a Level 1 Radon zone for 70 years. It had a dirt basement floor with no, absolutely no, remediation. They both died of old age in their 90's. And grandpa smoked - so there!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (cYBz/)

43 I’m on the floor laughing at the Hunter Karen throwing stones at the decoys.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (kgFPv)

44 Trump putting that chick into menopause did the planet a favor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (snZF9)

45 She enunciated and projected and maybe used her diaphragm. Probably teaches a class.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (YlWIZ)

46 That was funny- the unhinged lady with the hunters with decoys. it wouldn't be nearly as funny if she said, " Please leave now." But besides being overused " F off " said repeatedly sounds very much like a bird. And since they're allowed to be there what was her problem?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:12 PM (ix8EF)

I wonder where that took place? Looks like it was on tidewater someplace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (8zz6B)

47 Heh, reminds me of the screaming AWFL in Nick Shirley's OF video outside of the Learing Center. She screams the same thing repetitively - "ICE outside!!"

Nick talks to her, explains he's not ICE, he's investigating fraud, and then she just. . . kinda. . . shorts. . . out PZZZZZKTttch!

The dumb, truly NPC expression on her face is priceless.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (LlV+5)

48 The unmistakable call of the angry progressive feral Karen: fuh-KOFF! Fuh-KOFF

Posted by: They identify as dead LOL at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (TbWk/)

49 The riots aren't about the illegals, or ICE. They're about the midterms and corruption. Just like BLM, Occupy Wall Street, etc, etc...

Always have to remember that Democrats never actually care about the issues they currently pretend to care about. That's why CNN could ride along Obama's propaganda and no one cared.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (0MjtC)

50 Heh, the saying in Russia is that it is 10am somewhere.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

“And those of you who wish harm on Thomas, you will not finish your glass”.

Those dudes are nuts

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (36bTp)

51 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)

52 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?
Posted by: Brunnhilde

It’s another grift. Radon “remediation specialists” charge $400 for a test and then thousands more to remediate what they find.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (kgFPv)

53 Hunter Karen, too bad Dick Cheney wasn't around.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (SYQOM)

54 Duck Karen sounded like an angry chicken: Buck HAW! Buck HAW!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (0aYVJ)

I thought it was an old Monty Python skit.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (qwype)

I was pretty sure it was staged - too perfect FuckOff! bird call - until she's throwing rocks at decoys and they tell her the birds identified as dead already. Well done, guys.

FWIW, antagonizing and interfering with hunters (and fisherman, IIRC) is illegal in my state.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (dK+Kv)

55 Saw the screeching lesbian state bird joke.

Sent it to my oldest.

He responded with “it’s missing a bullet hole.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (W2Pud)

56 Mayor Zohran Mamdani's controversial pick for tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, once admitted that pushing for rent control was just the "first step" in her plan to destroy the free housing market and move toward "full social housing."

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[New Zimbabwe's future. #Soon:]

"What did we have before caves?"
"Apartment buildings and houses."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (jQtSL)

57 someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)

Would you want to be called Mrs Boxleitner?

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (kgFPv)

58 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)

I'm guessing Bruce was sick of her shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (0aYVJ)

59 Just when I think this world is screwed up to 110%, whammo!

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (cd3eP)

60 If you see a bunch of heavily armed men in the street and your first impulse is to taunt them, challenge them, block them, laugh at them, throw things at them, question their manhood, try to ram them with your car, because you're special and they would never, ever actually shoot you, well, you just might be wrong. Astonishing how many people have so much trouble with this concept.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (VyqMH)

61 Hunters stumble upon a completely unhinged Karen in the wild and it's something to behold pic.twitter.com/wxLqeKHPVT

The 'Karen' throws like a girl. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (0sNs1)

62 Heh...that "F*ck Off" lady immediately brought back the memory of a crappy movie that, for some reason, was pretty entertaining.

Tell me Karen doesn't sound like Seann William Scott trying to lure out a dinosaur in the shopping mall by doing bird calls over the intercom system.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (dIske)

63 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield?
Posted by: Pete in Texas

Boxleitner smartened up?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (cYBz/)

64 I wonder where that took place? Looks like it was on tidewater someplace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:16 PM (8zz6B)

By the way, not a "lady". That term is reserved for women who are pleasant and well-behaved. That there was a deranged twat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (8zz6B)

65 I have to tell you all the joke in #7 since it was pretty good.

In Cheers, they had a new bartender and "the gang" conspire to get him to quit. They all show up asking for a "screaming viking" drink, which of course he does not know how to make since they made it up. One by one they show up and ask for a "screaming viking."

Eventually, the new bartender walks out ranting about "Screaming Viking." He does this just as Al walks in. Al is the king of the one line scene stealers -- he just says "Screaming viking, I haven't been called that since my honeymoon."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (D5z+u)

66 Hunter Karen, a South Park episode writes itself.

"Xir's coming right for us! Shoot!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (SYQOM)

67 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)

He was poking a minbari. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (snZF9)

68 He responded with “it’s missing a bullet hole.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (W2Pud)

Awesome. So very awesome!!

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (VyqMH)

69 > I’m on the floor laughing at the Hunter Karen throwing stones at the decoys.
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I loved that soundbite.... "they're decoys you retard."

And... "that one identifies as dead."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (U2OZr)

70 Set up a Karen decoy and play the fuckoff! call in suburbia and watch the AWFLs come streaming out of their houses.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (XvL8K)

71 >>I think the only other Busfield role I ever saw aside from Field of Dreams was Poindexter.


Apparently, he now directs tv episodes.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (LlV+5)

72 Assaulting a 16yo girl, in his circle, probably leads to "what'cha doin' with the old chick?" questions.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (8AONa)

73 I read yesterday that people have 5 million weapons (guns).
Posted by: four seasons at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (3ek7K)

Forget where I saw it, but the new "official" estimate of the number of guns in the US has been bumped up from 400 million to 500 million. The 400 number had been around for something like 20 years, and had never been updated to reflect the millions of new guns per year that had been recorded by ATF.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (GjEvj)

74 Peaches!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (Vvh2V)

75 Going from raping 16 year old girls to 11 year old boys is a yuuge change of scenery. Something doesn’t smell right.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:21 PM (kgFPv)

76 OMG, Tammy!!!!! Sending you ALL the shmooshes!!

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:21 PM (VyqMH)

77 58 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)


She was involved with Rob Lowe before Bruce. Maybe she's working her way down the sex appeal scale?

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 16, 2026 05:21 PM (0bjKf)

78 That woman has got to be mortified to have behaved that way, right? If she sees herself in the video, won't she retire from public view for the rest of her days? She sounded like some sort of crow - fuCAWf...fuCAWf...fuCawf...

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 05:21 PM (2ap+5)

79 They should have beat her with a stick, like a wounded duck.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 05:21 PM (AaEou)

80 Would you want to be called Mrs Boxleitner?
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (kgFPv)

Boxleitner is just a couple inches away from anal bleaching.

Posted by: Wait for it... at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (TbWk/)

81 Busfield is a creep and probably a perv, but there is something odd about the recent allegations. He probably did perv on that 16 year old girl. But Epstein-ish hetero perverts don’t also perv on 11 year old boys. Anything is possible, but guys sexing 11 year old boys are stone cold faggots and would have no interest in a 16 year old girl. So I suspect one set of these allegations isn’t correct.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)

82 And of course the near-retard malignant narcissist Candace Owens' dreams are never wrong!

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She once had a dream where President Hillary Clinton chose her as the first mentally ill black female Secretary of State!

/And she's sure it's still not too late ...

HCWNBPOTUS

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (jQtSL)

83 Now we know, Candace Owens is an Israeli intel op.

Now anyone who raises their head about AIPAC or Jonathan Pollard or Epstein's handlers will get slapped down as just another anti-Semitic conspiracy nut like Candace Owens.

It is almost too over-the-top at this point.

Posted by: TITP at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (OUE/9)

84 I loved that soundbite.... "they're decoys you retard."

And... "that one identifies as dead."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 05:20 PM (U2OZr)

And 10 seconds after she begins walking off they down another one.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (dK+Kv)

85 I always despised him. I just don't like Soy. Never did. He was in Thirtsomething playing a character named, I assume, Cuck Softcock. Below, a picture from Field of Dreams, in which he played Professor "Stubby" Tinymeat. I mean, probably. I only saw it once and never got the big deal.


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This is why I come back day after day after day. Salut.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (vqA1l)

86 Barry Soetoro was the best rifle salesman in the history of the industry.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (jc0TO)

87 I thought Candy was now claiming is a time traveler.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (8CIFn)

88 My parents lived in a neighborhood with high radon levels and spent a lot of time in the basement which was cool in the summer and had the sewing table and library and workbench.

They were non-smokers who took good care of themselves and both died of lung cancer. It was blamed on radon. Of course, it could have been something else.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (FMtrg)

89 Dunno - but I do know this: One set of grandparents lived in a old stone farmhouse on top of a mountain within a Level 1 Radon zone for 70 years. It had a dirt basement floor with no, absolutely no, remediation. They both died of old age in their 90's. And grandpa smoked - so there!
Posted by: Tonypete

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It is a bit more complicated. It is supposedly not a problem in old homes, but became a problem in highly sealed energy efficient homes with central heat (no fireplace, so no draw.)

So it depends on house. theoretically.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (D5z+u)

90 Ahhhh a thread about soys and AWFLs

The two most dangerous specimens in America today

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (REq0p)

91 How have you been? Did you ever return to El Lat? How are the Feline Overlords? I think you lost one?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (Vvh2V)

92
I’m on the floor laughing at the Hunter Karen throwing stones at the decoys.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (kgFPv)




"Oh no! You just killed that duck with a rock! See? It's not moving! You brute!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (y9nCu)

93 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM (BHrzb)
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Boxleitner was her second husband. She's damaged goods.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)

94 Busfield is a creep and probably a perv, but there is something odd about the recent allegations. He probably did perv on that 16 year old girl. But Epstein-ish hetero perverts don’t also perv on 11 year old boys. Anything is possible, but guys sexing 11 year old boys are stone cold faggots and would have no interest in a 16 year old girl. So I suspect one set of these allegations isn’t correct.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)

Meh, it's Hollywood. Let him defend the allegations in court.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (dK+Kv)

95 62 Heh...that "F*ck Off" lady immediately brought back the memory of a crappy movie that, for some reason, was pretty entertaining.

Tell me Karen doesn't sound like Seann William Scott trying to lure out a dinosaur in the shopping mall by doing bird calls over the intercom system.
Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 05:19 PM (dIske)

I think we've already established that "ca-caw ca-caw" and "tookie-tookie" don't work.

Posted by: Orlando Jones' character at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (TbWk/)

96 The raucous call of the fuckoff bird penetrates the silence of nature.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (w6EFb)

97 86 Barry Soetoro was the best rifle salesman in the history of the industry.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (jc0TO)

Not just rifles, he's directly responsible for my ownership of an awesome hand cannon.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:24 PM (VyqMH)

98 Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield? Anyone have the real inside scoop?

Posted by: Pete in Texas



She probably got tired of having sex with a man.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:25 PM (0U5gm)

99 I saw Cuck Softcock open for Bull of Heaven at the Cow Palace in '13.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:25 PM (jQtSL)

100 Heh, the saying in Russia is that it is 10am somewhere.

buddy of mine worked for Exxon and had to make a lot of trips to Russia...has several stories of drunk Russians. One was the remarkable surprises discovered in the first snow melt...things that were found: tools, billfolds, dead Russians that had passed out months earlier, keys...you know, typical stuff

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (8uzBS)

101 The thing in the modern times that I'm having the hardest time with is which direction all of us normies should go with regard to the screeching retards of the left:

1) Support law and order. Support Trump using the Insurrection Act to go put down these idiot riots where they stand. Escalate, arrest, try, and imprison all of them. Shut off their sources of funding and roll them all up.
OR
2) Cut off every Federal dollar to these stupid places like Minnedishu and NYC. Tell these dumbshits to fend for themselves, and watch all of the blue shitholes descend into Mad Max-level chaos. Eat popcorn. You want to be governed at the local level by a Jew-hating Muslim Communist? Cool beans brah, not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (5aZAZ)

102 Busfield is a creep and probably a perv, but there is something odd about the recent allegations. He probably did perv on that 16 year old girl. But Epstein-ish hetero perverts don’t also perv on 11 year old boys. Anything is possible, but guys sexing 11 year old boys are stone cold faggots and would have no interest in a 16 year old girl. So I suspect one set of these allegations isn’t correct.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)
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Pervs can be bi. I don't know why that's hard to believe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

103 That banshee screaming at duck hunters made my day. LOL What a maroon. Love the fact they actually got to shoot a duck in front of her. LOLOLOL

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (Q0yOR)

104 Imagine the INSANE level of privilege that white woman has:

1) She walks up unannounced to a group of armed men, screaming at them.

2) She expects them to obey her.

3) She realizes she has zero power over them, then wanders off.

The best answer to these Karne's is mockery. Relentless mockery. Don't shout back, don't engage, just laugh in their faces.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (tV890)

105 Ahhhh a thread about soys and AWFLs

The two most dangerous specimens in America today
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

Here, in the hushed suburbs of America, two curious creatures quietly thrive: The suburban soyboy—slight, soft-spoken, oat-milk in hand—glides through craft-coffee zones and safe spaces. Slim tees, earnest eyes, a gentle hunch; he startles at microaggressions and whispers, “That’s problematic.”
Beside him, the AWFL—affluent white female liberal—rules the cul-de-sac with rainbow signs and righteous group-chat fury. She forages causes, declares “We must do better,” and leads the charge against any whiff of injustice, tote bag swinging.

Together they form a fragile symbiosis: he nods and affirms, she directs and outrages. Ever vigilant, ever virtuous, they patrol their manicured habitat—sensitive stewards convinced the world depends on their quiet sanctimony.

Nature’s strangest pair endures.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (cYBz/)

106 Busfield's house is in Sullivan county, SW of me down towards the Delaware River. The state police apparently went there looking for him

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (r8eU0)

107 Fuckoff! Fuckoff!
O word of fear!
Unpleasant to a hunter's ear!

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (8JzZF)

108 I saw Cuck Softcock open for Bull of Heaven at the Cow Palace in '13.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:25 PM (jQtSL)

Olds, Alberta actually has a Cow Palace, one of the facilities at Olds
College, which is an ag school, mainly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (8zz6B)

109 Don’t be hard on Candace Owens

She’s the way she is mostly because of marrying a limp noodled British aristocrat mimbo who I think has never had a real job in his life

She needs a real man to set her back on the path of righteousness, and if cucked thinrod britsoy can’t do it for her, well then ***sniffs, pulls down pants***

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (REq0p)

110 I am hurt and deeply offended that you chose to make fun of a woman who obviously loves nature above mankind itself and seeks only to end the violence!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (R/m4+)

111 Nature’s strangest pair endures.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (cYBz/)

Stupendous. Even better when read in David Attenborough's voice.

Posted by: Wild America at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (TbWk/)

112 The "Eff off!" Karen creature sounds like some kind of wild bird herself.

"Karen" used to be considered (and really still is) such a pretty name. A shame these creatures have ruined it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

113 The Babylon Bee is awesome

I’m glad I never watched 30-Something… I remember the ads for it though being gay

That Karen in the wild is a thing to behold. She walks up to people holding weapons and acts like that? They think they can FA and not FO apparently. Good grief

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:28 PM (xT8gx)

114 Okay, where's that woman I'm supposed to fight?

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 16, 2026 05:29 PM (jc0TO)

115 91 How have you been? Did you ever return to El Lat? How are the Feline Overlords? I think you lost one?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 16, 2026 05:23 PM (Vvh2V)

No, I'm still here in the shelter-in-place state. Both of the FOs are gone and it's fairly grim. If it weren't for Coors Light and Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream, I'd basically have no reason to live. But, I heard someone a while back talking about his dad, who had passed on at a ripe old age. His dad had told him that, while he wasn't afraid of dying, he really wanted to know what happens next. And, honestly, that's kind of where I am, total FOMO. How are you? Still in the murky semi-south?

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:29 PM (VyqMH)

116 1) Support law and order. Support Trump using the Insurrection Act to go put down these idiot riots where they stand. Escalate, arrest, try, and imprison all of them. Shut off their sources of funding and roll them all up.
OR
2) Cut off every Federal dollar to these stupid places like Minnedishu and NYC. Tell these dumbshits to fend for themselves, and watch all of the blue shitholes descend into Mad Max-level chaos. Eat popcorn. You want to be governed at the local level by a Jew-hating Muslim Communist? Cool beans brah, not my circus, not my monkeys. Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (5aZAZ)

I don't understand the OR. My preference is cutting funding. Funding is also "cooperation" and if they won't cooperate on illegals, the feds don't cooperate on everything else.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:29 PM (tV890)

117 Better than Babylon Bee, and it looks real?

https://tinyurl.com/mr2txwsj

Tell me you never worked a minimum wage job in HS or college without telling me you never worked a minimum wage job.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:29 PM (LlV+5)

118 60 If you see a bunch of heavily armed men in the street and your first impulse is to taunt them, challenge them, block them, laugh at them, throw things at them, question their manhood, try to ram them with your car, because you're special and they would never, ever actually shoot you, well, you just might be wrong. Astonishing how many people have so much trouble with this concept.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:18 PM (VyqMH)

+++++

At first I thought you were talking about the duck lady. I was going to say those hunters showed heroic and Herculean restraint with that screeching creature.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (wcTwv)

119 Our legal system is kinda fucked up. Had the Hunters shot the Karen they’d be going to prison instead of given a parade in their honor.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (kgFPv)

120 Cuck Softcock

I believe his name was Cage D. Gentlemeat.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (guCHD)

121 Here, in the hushed suburbs of America, two curious creatures quietly thrive: The suburban soyboy—slight, soft-spoken, oat-milk in hand—glides through craft-coffee zones and safe spaces. Slim tees, earnest eyes, a gentle hunch; he startles at microaggressions and whispers, “That’s problematic.”
Beside him, the AWFL—affluent white female liberal—rules the cul-de-sac with rainbow signs and righteous group-chat fury. She forages causes, declares “We must do better,” and leads the charge against any whiff of injustice, tote bag swinging.

Together they form a fragile symbiosis: he nods and affirms, she directs and outrages. Ever vigilant, ever virtuous, they patrol their manicured habitat—sensitive stewards convinced the world depends on their quiet sanctimony.

Nature’s strangest pair endures.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (cYBz/)


That's quite the word picture.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (FMtrg)

122 >>FWIW, antagonizing and interfering with hunters (and fisherman, IIRC) is illegal in my state.

Not sure about illegal but screwing around with fisherman around here can be dangerous.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)

123 Ever vigilant, ever virtuous, they patrol their manicured habitat sensitive stewards convinced the world depends on their quiet sanctimony.

********

This was pure poetry

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (REq0p)

124 Imagine the INSANE level of privilege that white woman has:

1) She walks up unannounced to a group of armed men, screaming at them.

2) She expects them to obey her.

3) She realizes she has zero power over them, then wanders off.

The best answer to these Karne's is mockery. Relentless mockery. Don't shout back, don't engage, just laugh in their faces.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (tV890)

I'm imagining what would have happened in mad max world.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (snZF9)

125 Pervs can be bi. I don't know why that's hard to believe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

True bisexuals, as in like it both ways equally, are very rare. Pretty much non-existent. Males who claim to be bi are almost always homo and females who claim it are almost always hetero.

I'm betting Busfield is being set up here.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (0bjKf)

126 I read yesterday that people have 5 million weapons (guns).
Come on BITCH!!! Try to take my house away from me.
Posted by: four seasons

Lefties on Reddit are now 100% for the second amendment, are encouraging everyone to go buy guns, and get ready for armed resistance to ICE and Trump.

Funnily enough, I never see them showing photos with their guns, just encouraging others to buy them. Just like all the keyboard warriors telling everyone to resist and fight ICE on the street that don't do so in person.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (ycI94)

127 "They're decoys, you retard!"

This will never not be funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (0aYVJ)

128 "Field of Dreams" totally effed up the ending of an excellent book by telegraphing for the dull-witted that the catcher was the guy's dad, before the line "Dad, you wanna have a catch?"

First rule of screenwriting. Don't tell before you show.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (NYInA)

129 Busfield is a creep and probably a perv, but there is something odd about the recent allegations. He probably did perv on that 16 year old girl. But Epstein-ish hetero perverts don’t also perv on 11 year old boys. Anything is possible, but guys sexing 11 year old boys are stone cold faggots and would have no interest in a 16 year old girl. So I suspect one set of these allegations isn’t correct.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)
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Pervs can be bi. I don't know why that's hard to believe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)
——

Name one. Seriously. Name one perv who was a pedo for both prepubescent boys and post-pub girls. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very very rare. It’s almost always one or the other.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (vGaW9)

130 Hunters stumble upon a completely unhinged Karen in the wild and it's something to behold

-----------

lmao

"These birds identified as dead already."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (jQtSL)

131 Also, I would have been first but Saijo wanted scritchies and he is way more adorable than all of you! Lol
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (pZEOD)


Well!!!
*stomps foot*
Fine! Just...Fine!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:32 PM (2WIwB)

132 Kathleen Kennedy out.

Shut down the blog.

Thank you commenters, you're dismissed. Your purpose has been served.

Goodbye all.

Posted by: There's no more content at January 16, 2026 05:32 PM (HJUJ8)

133
Will someone explain to me why Melissa Gilbert divorced Bruce Boxleitner and married Timothy Busfield?

She played Bruce's wife on Babylon 5.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 05:32 PM (pkeXY)

134 Screaming Lesbian as a state bird is funny

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

135 I think I would have stuck the gun barrel between my legs and told the karen to suck on this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:33 PM (snZF9)

136 It’s not about bi or straight or gay. People who are attracted to 11 year olds aren’t attracted to 16 year olds. This is why I think these allegations are bullshit.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:33 PM (kgFPv)

137 Mostly Twinkies"

That's a big Twinkie

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)

138 Ever vigilant, ever virtuous, they patrol their manicured habitat sensitive stewards convinced the world depends on their quiet sanctimony.

********

This was pure poetry
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

Thank you! *Removes cavalier hat and bows deeply*

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (cYBz/)

139 True bisexuals, as in like it both ways equally, are very rare. Pretty much non-existent. Males who claim to be bi are almost always homo and females who claim it are almost always hetero.

I'm betting Busfield is being set up here.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (0bjKf)

When it comes to raping pre-pubescent children, it's a power game, not a hetero/homo thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (8zz6B)

140 "That duck identifies as dead"
Gold Jerry, pure gold.

Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (abIsI)

141 Minnesota Changes Official State Bird To Screaming Lesbian

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Somalians -- lobbying for the Screaming Brother-Fucker -- hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (jQtSL)

142 just the gay furry who left his fingerprints and DNA on the murder weapon.

And in his roommate's butt, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

143 119 Our legal system is kinda fucked up. Had the Hunters shot the Karen they’d be going to prison instead of given a parade in their honor.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (kgFPv)
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Eh just wait until she's 100 or so yards away and pepper the shit out of her with birdshot.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (5aZAZ)

144 >>>Hunters stumble upon a completely unhinged Karen in the wild and it's something to behold

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (SSiCQ)

145 Busfield and Gilbert reportedly grew super close with the boys and their parents

Maybe it was Gilbert who wanted the boys.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)

146 122 >>FWIW, antagonizing and interfering with hunters (and fisherman, IIRC) is illegal in my state.

Not sure about illegal but screwing around with fisherman around here can be dangerous.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)

I think most states have some form or other of hunter harassment law. Note that the well-armed bloodthirsty evil probably-MAGA-voting hunters didn't shoot the shrieking idiot bitch. If the roles were reversed and she and her ilk were the ones with the guns, they would've started blasting.

Posted by: All projection all the time at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (TbWk/)

147 132 Kathleen Kennedy out.

She's the Disney b*tch right?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (abIsI)

148 Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (abIsI)

-----------

I'd like to think that had there been no videos around, that Screaming Lesbian Karen's body would have inexplicably disappeared and never been found.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:36 PM (jQtSL)

149 Guys, maybe stop arguing your personal expertise on what types of kid-touchers like which kinds of kids.

It's a bit gross.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

150 I'm imagining what would have happened in mad max world.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (snZF9)

Her darkest fantasy would have been fulfilled.

Posted by: Maybe even a few times at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (TbWk/)

151 We know Busfield likes molesting little girls; he almost murdered one in Field of Dreams.

Dude gets off on snuff films, probably.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (DsA2n)

152 I remember when Melissa Gilbert ran for some congressional seat up in Michigan. Pretty sure it was back in the 2016 general election. It was a great sidetrack from the Presidential election for the light hearted entertainment factor. She was getting pissed because the republican voters were all calling her "Half Pint." She was getting her posterior handed to her, so she had a doctor draw up a letter saying she shouldn't run due to a back injury she sustained when she fell on "Dancing with the Stars."

Apparently campaigning in a district was just too strenuous for her back pain. You know, getting out of a car, and standing in front of a microphone is taxing.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (dIske)

153 One of the Podesta brothers (friends of Clintons) has pedo porn all over his house featuring both boys and girls.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (FMtrg)

154 9 Also, I would have been first but Saijo wanted scritchies and he is way more adorable than all of you! Lol
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (pZEOD)

h8er

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (SSiCQ)

155 It’s not just Candace that has gone down the crazy path. There’s a whole genre of YouTubers that have taken up the “cause”. I don’t think most if any of them really believe this stuff. But there’s obviously a market for the nuttiness otherwise they wouldn’t bother.

I also don’t think Candace believes any of it. It’s a grift straight up.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (kgFPv)

156 Surprised that more women like Duck Karen don't stroke out. Their rage has got to be sending their blood pressure through the roof

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (r8eU0)

157 129 Busfield is a creep and probably a perv, but there is something odd about the recent allegations. He probably did perv on that 16 year old girl. But Epstein-ish hetero perverts don’t also perv on 11 year old boys. Anything is possible, but guys sexing 11 year old boys are stone cold faggots and would have no interest in a 16 year old girl. So I suspect one set of these allegations isn’t correct.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)
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Pervs can be bi. I don't know why that's hard to believe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)
——

Name one. Seriously. Name one perv who was a pedo for both prepubescent boys and post-pub girls. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very very rare. It’s almost always one or the other.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (vGaW9)

The ones who just need a thrill of being bad and getting away with it. Plus, perv males as they get older get less discriminating (see how many old men get in trouble this way)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (tOcjL)

158 Mormon Bee Cultists?

Mormon Bees?

Mormons who worship bees?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

159 >>I'm imagining what would have happened in mad max world.


They are too dumb to survive whatever event caused the Mad Max world.

"If Russia thinks they can bomb us without considering the environmental consequences?! Hon, pass me the purple ink marker so I can finish my sign. Hurry up, we're meeting Willow, Phil and Jenn at the vegan cafe by the state capital for the anti-nukes protest. Just TRY to stop us, Russia! I DARE YOU!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (LlV+5)

160 I want to take credit for bringing back retard into the insult lexicon. Or at least acknowledgment that I kept using it through the period that it was frowned upon.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (KDPiq)

161 Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (abIsI)

+++++

She defies all logic, explanation, or sanity. A lunatic lefty by definition.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (wcTwv)

162 The best answer to these Karne's is mockery. Relentless mockery. Don't shout back, don't engage, just laugh in their faces.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:27 PM (tV890)


My mom died when I was a teen so she never had a chance to see me put this into practice, but she did tell me once the best way to make a woman angry was to ignore her.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (2WIwB)

163 Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (abIsI)

I think you've answered your own question right there.

Posted by: I know it's rhetorical but... at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (TbWk/)

164 Poindexter was a good character. Busfield could have bootstrapped that role into all sorts of bit parts in science fiction series.
The main reason he didn't, I suspect, is because he was being weird with girls at conventions.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 05:39 PM (gKWVE)

165 158 Mormon Bee Cultists?

Mormon Bees?

Mormons who worship bees?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

Mormons be wut

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:39 PM (SSiCQ)

166 I'm disappointed no bird dogs were unleashed on her.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:39 PM (abIsI)

167 Kathleen Kennedy out.

She's the Disney b*tch right?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (abIsI)

------------

Yep. President of Lucasfilm.

[Babylon Bee headline:] "Kathleen Kennedy Sad To Leave Lucasfilm Before She Got The Chance To Make A Trilogy About Rey’s First Period"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:39 PM (jQtSL)

168 So Busfield's wife once played a character called "Half Pint". That is interesting

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (r8eU0)

169 I also don’t think Candace believes any of it. It’s a grift straight up.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:37 PM (kgFPv)
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Nah, a non-insane person doesn't just come up with "Charlie Kirk was Neo from The Matrix and the Agents have been hunting him his entire life because he was a time-traveler."

That's not grift, that's being a fucking lunatic.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (5aZAZ)

170 Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:34 PM (abIsI)

+++++

She defies all logic, explanation, or sanity. A lunatic lefty by definition.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (wcTwv)

Yup, when you boil it down, there it is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (snZF9)

171 More about Mamdani. This time, he's being slammed by Leftists because none of his five Deputy Mayors are b-l-a-c-k.

NY Times article
https://tinyurl.com/yvxwracf

"None of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.

Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

After winning the Democratic mayoral primary last year, Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that his victory came without much support from Black voters, and he pledged to do better.

Mr. Mamdani spent the next few months working to improve his relationship with Black leaders in New York City and vowed, from Black church pulpits around the city, that he would have a diverse administration representative of the city.

But in his rollout as mayor, Mr. Mamdani has appointed five deputy mayors, none of them Black; one was Latino."

Posted by: Gref at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (5rh/l)

172 I like when she girl-tosses gravel into the general vicinity of the decoys.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (SSiCQ)

173
Name one. Seriously. Name one perv who was a pedo for both prepubescent boys and post-pub girls. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very very rare. It’s almost always one or the other.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:31 PM (vGaW9)
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There are tons of men who get married, have kids, and then go on to diddle boys. Or come out as gay. Or use rent boys.

It's unusual that they do that while groping teen chicks because that's a great way to get caught.

It's hard to quantify because when a married dude with kids is busted with kiddie porn, it is not usually described in any kind of detail. An old prof of mine in college got busted looking at porn while doing office hours. He had a wife and son. They searched all his computers and found kiddie porn, no idea what the kink was. Pedos can "evolve" as their degeneracy worsens. This is known.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

174 Duck-fucker bitch looked seriously mentally ill or high af or both. She was literally like a malfunctioning robot with the monotonous repetition of ‘fuck off’ while she was blankly staring off in random directions.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (vGaW9)

175 It was David Caruso that I hated Hollywood trying to force him on me as a sex symbol tough guy. WTF?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (KDPiq)

176 So Busfield's wife once played a character called "Half Pint". That is interesting
Posted by: Smell the Glove

No evidence for this at all but perhaps she was passed around as a child actor. It's happened before.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (cYBz/)

177 Name one perv who was a pedo for both prepubescent boys and post-pub girls. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very very rare.

Generally one sees that pedos go for girls and then hit up boys too. Ian Watson, Jimmy Saville and probably most Brits.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (gKWVE)

178 I can sort of see the prepubescent thing of both genders if you think about that the kink is about sullying innocence (or owning it.) Just speculation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (zZu0s)

179 Duck-fucker bitch looked seriously mentally ill...

She actually sounded like a big bird.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (KDPiq)

180 Surprised that more women like Duck Karen don't stroke out. Their rage has got to be sending their blood pressure through the roof
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026


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Tearing up their vocal cords, too.

The Karen reminded me of the ill bird that parked itself on Miss Linda's front lawn a year or so ago and sat there staring at her whenever she went out. She knew better than to go near it, and it didn't approach her. But every so often it would let out a screech very much like this woman's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

181 I don't need to know more than pedos get the bullet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

182 I'd like to think that had there been no videos around, that Screaming Lesbian Karen's body would have inexplicably disappeared and never been found.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:36 PM (jQtSL)

Totally consumed by a flock of carnivorous ducks.

Death by a thousand bills.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (8zz6B)

183 In Washington State, it it illegal to harass, intimidate, or Interfere with someone who is legally hunting. Best part is, enforcement is done by the game wardens, who have interesting powers given the circumstances of the harassment and subsequent arrest.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (2WIwB)

184
Better than Babylon Bee, and it looks real?

https://tinyurl.com/mr2txwsj

Tell me you never worked a minimum wage job in HS or college without telling me you never worked a minimum wage job.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:29 PM (LlV+5)



The fact that it's Starbucks they're freaking on just gives me warm fuzzies.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (y9nCu)

185 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?
Posted by: Brunnhilde

It’s another grift. Radon “remediation specialists” charge $400 for a test and then thousands more to remediate what they find.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM


They never remediated anything when we lived in Navy housing. The housing people contracted a radon specialist company who came through putting up meters in the basements of all of the Navy housing in Great Lakes back in the 80s. Of course every single house turned out to be a radon bomb. They set up constant monitoring with the government for years. Eventually all of those units were taken out and never replaced. Nothing was changed with the houses. It was just a huge wasted of money.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (0N4FZ)

186 >> It's five o'clock somewhere, right???

The 5 O'clock line just constantly rotates around the planet, never ending. It's always there somewhere, either before or after where you are, depending on how you think about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (w6EFb)

187 181 I don't need to know more than pedos get the bullet.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (jc0TO)
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Woodchipper.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (5aZAZ)

188 So Busfield's wife once played a character called "Half Pint". That is interesting
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (r8eU0)

Little House on the Prairie… Michael Landon played her dad and that was his pet name for daughter. That role is the only reason she’s famous… I don’t remember her in anything else.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)

189 Anyone ever notice that females have been entirely off the chain only since the Large Hardon collider was built? It can't be a coincidence.

Posted by: Hooterville World Guardian at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (oftw2)

190 Mormons who worship bees?

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Utah isn't known as the "Beehive State" for nothin'! [Per Brave Search "AI:"]

Origin in the Book of Mormon: The term Deseret, meaning "honeybee" in the Jaredite language, appears in Ether 2:3, where the Jaredites are said to have carried bees with them during their migration to the Americas. This connection led to the adoption of the bee as a central symbol.

For early Mormon pioneers, the beehive represented industry, cooperation, and unity -- values essential for building a community in the harsh Utah desert. Brigham Young, upon arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, chose the name Deseret for their new territory and adopted the beehive as its emblem.

The beehive became a symbol of the kingdom of God on earth, reflecting the organized, collective effort of the Saints. It appears on temples (e.g., Salt Lake Temple), historic buildings (like the Beehive House), church publications, and even Utah’s state flag and seal.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (jQtSL)

191 I don't need to know more than pedos get the bullet.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

I'm bent in that i am always fascinated with how people's minds work. I went down a 'true crime/serial killer' rabbit hole a couple decades before I decided: I do not need to fucking know and it is making me miserable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

192 It was a drive by shooting!

JUST IN - DHS ASSISTANT SEC. MCLAUGHLIN: That MN vehicle ramming was domestic terrorism.

WOLF BLITZER: Calling that mother a domestic terrorist is outrageous!

MCLAUGHLIN: She was STALKING and HARASSING law enforcement, then used her car as a deadly weapon!

BLITZER: She was just driving by after dropping her boy at school!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (L/fGl)

193 183 In Washington State, it it illegal to harass, intimidate, or Interfere with someone who is legally hunting. Best part is, enforcement is done by the game wardens, who have interesting powers given the circumstances of the harassment and subsequent arrest.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:42 PM (2WIwB)
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IIRC this is law in all 50 states.

Game Wardens are the most powerful LEOs in Texas.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (5aZAZ)

194 My mom died when I was a teen so she never had a chance to see me put this into practice, but she did tell me once the best way to make a woman angry was to ignore her.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (2WIwB)

My mom was uh..a little more colorful. One day in a store she was looking at something on a shelf, and she hears a karen behind her say to her husband "Well I'm trying to get to it but THIS one is in my way". My mother looks at her and blows her a kiss. The karen says "what was that for?" Mom says "my mother taught me to do that in place of telling someone to go fuck themselves". lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (snZF9)

195 That banshee screaming at duck hunters made my day. LOL What a maroon. Love the fact they actually got to shoot a duck in front of her. LOLOLOL

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 05:26 PM (Q0yOR)

Shows her to be completely ineffectual and powerless, in a snapshot metaphor of her life.

My two boys were accosted by two Karens who told them not to run - they were racing down the stairs. "Let them run," I surprised them, as they didn't know I was right around the corner.

"If they fall and hurt themselves, then they'll learn."

Karen's want to suck the joy out of every effing thing in their sphere. Dried up scrunts.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (dK+Kv)

196 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)

She played Helen Keller.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (KDPiq)

197 A kiddie diddler in Hollywood? I shan't believe it.

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (YwEeS)

198 168 So Busfield's wife once played a character called "Half Pint". That is interesting
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:40 PM (r8eU0)


On Little House on the Prairie.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 05:46 PM (FMtrg)

199 Who in their right mind approaches men with loaded shotguns and starts berating them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey

Every Karen protesting ICE across the nation?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 05:46 PM (ycI94)

200 Love the one you're with.
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

Posted by: David Crosby at January 16, 2026 05:46 PM (nvKZ7)

201 Mormons who worship bees?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)
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I believe Mormon iconography features bees and hives in a reference to them being industrious and working together.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

202 I suppose Cea Weaver has gotten used to getting whatever she wants because of her stunning beauty.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (s0JqF)

203 >>I don't need to know more than pedos get the bullet.

Seems like a wish against interests for a guy with a candy van.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (viF8m)

204
The 5 O'clock line just constantly rotates around the planet, never ending. It's always there somewhere, either before or after where you are, depending on how you think about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley



If it wasn't for the villainous cabal that got the Concorde retired, we could be having 5 o'clock several times per day.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (0U5gm)

205 >>BLITZER: She was just driving by after dropping her boy at school!


"Hand up, don't shoot!" amirite, Wolf?

There's video of her sitting in her car for 3 min blocking the road and honking her horn, doing he lil' protest dance. She was a member of ICE Watch that trained her on how to do this.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (LlV+5)

206 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)

She played Helen Keller.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (KDPiq)

Well she certainly is dead dumb and blind… metaphorically…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (xT8gx)

207 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

And I bet you found a large percentage of serial killers are homos .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (KDPiq)

208 So the new Starbucks dress code is basically a solid black shirt.

Bitch on the video saying they don't have money to buy new cloths.

This is a front of house job. I worked and had to wear white shirt, bowtie, black slacks.... this is typical for any restaurant. They all have dress codes. These people are unhinged.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (D5z+u)

209 Whole lotta crazy going on (in this post's reports).

Bugfuck nuts, even!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (wVcYX)

210 BLITZER: She was just driving by after dropping her boy at school!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Obligatory:

https://tinyurl.com/srrmdkk8

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (M0V4/)

211 194 My mom died when I was a teen so she never had a chance to see me put this into practice, but she did tell me once the best way to make a woman angry was to ignore her.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:38 PM (2WIwB)

My mom was uh..a little more colorful. One day in a store she was looking at something on a shelf, and she hears a karen behind her say to her husband "Well I'm trying to get to it but THIS one is in my way". My mother looks at her and blows her a kiss. The karen says "what was that for?" Mom says "my mother taught me to do that in place of telling someone to go fuck themselves". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:45 PM (snZF9)

; )

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (SSiCQ)

212 > Little House on the Prairie… Michael Landon played her dad and that was his pet name for daughter. That role is the only reason she’s famous… I don’t remember her in anything else.

She's Batgirl on the Batman animated series.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (Yp6az)

213 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)

Looking at her imdb, she has been in a lot of crap. The only thing I recognize was Babylon 5 where she played Sheridan's abducted wife Anna. She was married to Bruce Boxlightner at the time (who played Sheridan.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

214 Yep, Peaches, still in The Natural State. Summers trying to kill me. I hate humidity. This Georgia girl never could handle it. Mama in in the throes of Alzheimer's, and I am ashamed to see that I am right on the edge of a murder-suicide scandal! 😂 I have zero patience and it's driving me insane. I don't mind the physical care, she is my mama and I will take care of her, but God Almighty, the dementia part is literally driving me out

I never wanted kids, even though I adore kids... and my instincts were spot on. I am just not a long term care-giver.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (Vvh2V)

215
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

I don't think they understand how communism works.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (pkeXY)

216 177 Name one perv who was a pedo for both prepubescent boys and post-pub girls. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very very rare.

Generally one sees that pedos go for girls and then hit up boys too. Ian Watson, Jimmy Saville and probably most Brits.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (gKWVE)
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I'd throw Jeffrey Jones (Mr. Rooney from Ferris Bueller) in that category as well. Apparently he didn't discriminate, all the while being married and having his own kids.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (dIske)

217 202 I suppose Cea Weaver has gotten used to getting whatever she wants because of her stunning beauty.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 05:47 PM (s0JqF)

stunning beauty + scintillating personality

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (SSiCQ)

218 I believe Mormon iconography features bees and hives in a reference to them being industrious and working together.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

Well, they cannot get a buzz from coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (8zz6B)

219 Fukoff fukoff fukoff

She sounds like an alarmed hen chicken. That shit was funny. The hunters were cracking up.

you fukoffs, you fuckoffs

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (NtVYv)

220 I don't think they understand how communism works.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (pkeXY)

They certainly didn't in Cuba. Huge racists those Cuban commies.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (KDPiq)

221 Kathleen Kennedy out.

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Of her mind?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (L/fGl)

222 [Melissa Gilbert] She played Helen Keller.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026


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With Patty Duke, who had played Helen in the 1961 movie, as her teacher. Gilbert has had a long career.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

223 I believe another interesting twist on the ‘honeybee’ mascot for Mormons and Utah is that it originally came from the ‘land of milk and honey’ phrase. The Mormons assumed that meant honeybees. But there were no honeybees in the Middle East. The phrase probably meant date honey. I don’t know how true this is. But I was told the story several times from several different Mormons in Utah.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (vGaW9)

224 Little House on the Prairie… Michael Landon played her dad and that was his pet name for daughter. That role is the only reason she’s famous… I don’t remember her in anything else.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


She used to be married to Bruce Boxleitner, and she was in Season 5, I think, of Babylon 5. She looked really good then, by my recollection.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (Z6vKV)

225 Little House on the Prairie… Michael Landon played her dad and that was his pet name for daughter. That role is the only reason she’s famous… I don’t remember her in anything else.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)
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She was Boxleitner's character's dead wife in Babylon 5. That sounds weird, but she was supposedly killed, but then was fine and tried to get him to join with the Shadows.

They had to retcon her in, because another actress played the role earlier. She was very good at being evil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (ZOv7s)

226 I don't and can't understand pedos or sex freaks, so I have not thought about this a lot, but I think it is mostly about power, defiling the young, forcing the innocent to do forbidden things, racking up "kills" and that kind of thing. How they do that probably varies a lot and is very flexible as long as they get to feed another soul to Moloch.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (D5z+u)

227 Every Karen McAWFL has a little Hitler Homunculus nestled in their brainstem.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (pDt9x)

228 > Brigham Young, upon arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, chose the name Deseret for their new territory and adopted the beehive as its emblem.

Here's a neat detail photo of some doorknobs on the Salt Lake Temple that have beehive iconography.

http://tiny.cc/1crx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (Yp6az)

229 I told you Kathleen Kennedy will be fired!

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (g47mK)

230 >>This is a front of house job. I worked and had to wear white shirt, bowtie, black slacks.... this is typical for any restaurant. They all have dress codes.


EXACTLY
She should be happy there's no brightly colored polyester uniform.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (LlV+5)

231 Kathleen Kennedy out.

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Naturally she's spinning it as her long-planned, totally self-directed, transition to producing and directing. Uh huh.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (1Au9i)

232 funny story , on the way out she blamed....the fans! oof da , what a sharmuta

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (g47mK)

233 The Karen in the wild video reminded me of a time I was chastises as a "Nazi" because, while walking the dog, she ran a short way at a squirrel (only the length of the leash), who then ran up a tree. I guess that's how Himmler trained them.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (s0JqF)

234 Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

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Wait until they see his plans for a new canal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:51 PM (0U5gm)

235 Missy Gilbert has big cans, there was a time when.... aww never mind

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 05:52 PM (NtVYv)

236 Ah, Tammy, I'm so fuckin' sorry to hear that. Never had to deal with it myself but have friends who did and it's the hardest thing I've seen anyone do and it just never seems to end and it puts some very conficting thoughts into your head for sure. Still at the same email if you just need to blow off steam. And I will add you (and your mama) to the prayer list - there's an empty slot since Scott Adams split. xxx

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:52 PM (VyqMH)

237 Well, they cannot get a buzz from coffee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (8zz6B)
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Not hot coffee. I guess their President Prophet decided that the prohibition was on "hot drinks" not caffeine per se. This happened a few years ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

238 Sheridan's wife died but was "reanimated" by the Shadows to influence Sheridan

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (r8eU0)

239 funny story , on the way out she blamed....the fans! oof da , what a sharmuta

Posted by: runner



Do you know who killed the Edsel? The stupid customers!

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (0U5gm)

240 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?
Posted by: Brunnhilde

It’s another grift. Radon “remediation specialists” charge $400 for a test and then thousands more to remediate what they find.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 05:17 PM

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Yep. My first job as a software developer out of college was working for Computer Sciences Corp. on a feral contract with the EPA (in Las Vegas).

They spent who knows how many millions (if not billions over the years) collecting and mapping radon-level data all over the country.

I got the biggest kick out of producing a nationwide map showing relative radon level measurements -- with the highest level measured in the hometown of my young brothers and parents: Butte, Montana.

Probably because it was a big mining town known as "The Richest Hill On Earth" known for all kinds of ores and especially producing copper around the beginning of the 20th century -- especially during WWI.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (jQtSL)

241 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (ZOv7s)

NERD ALERT

Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (Z6vKV)

242 Little House on the Prairie… Michael Landon played her dad and that was his pet name for daughter. That role is the only reason she’s famous… I don’t remember her in anything else.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 05:43 PM (xT8gx)


Not to be confused with The Best Little House On The Prairie.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (2WIwB)

243 UK police have identified a new terrorist cell in London, consisting of middle aged Iranians protesting against the mullahs.

They sure are cracking a lot of grey-haired heads.

Footage on Tousi.tv stream.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (yFLFB)

244 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

And Anne Bancroft played the teacher to Duke's Keller right?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (KDPiq)

245 And to note, Hellen Keller was a commie Karen.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:54 PM (KDPiq)

246 She used to be married to Bruce Boxleitner, and she was in Season 5, I think, of Babylon 5. She looked really good then, by my recollection.
Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (Z6vKV)
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Not Season 5. She was dead again by then. That season was awful, Tracey Scoggins was the replacement captain for the station.

I think she was there for the 3rd or 4th season. Kicked off the Shadow War.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

247 Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

I don't think they understand how communism works.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

They've progressed beyond "some animals are more equal than others" to "more equal animals can become equal again."

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (ycI94)

248 Was Little House a good series?? Had a long run I think.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

249 > I believe another interesting twist on the ‘honeybee’ mascot for Mormons and Utah is that it originally came from the ‘land of milk and honey’ phrase. The Mormons assumed that meant honeybees. But there were no honeybees in the Middle East.

Deseret means honeybee in the language of the Jaredites. The word is found in the book of Ether, which takes place primarily on the American continent, not the Middle East.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (Yp6az)

250 Kathleen Kennedy out.

She's the Disney b*tch right?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 05:35 PM (abIsI)

It's as if a million Star Wars fans suddenly cried out it glee and were suddenly vindicated.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (dK+Kv)

251 > Cea Weaver
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With her "hot take" on property ownership, I'd suspect she'll be a washed up, unidentified body along some lonely stretch of a NYC river by this time next year.

Landlords can be.... harsh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (U2OZr)

252 I feel seen.

Posted by: Cuck Softcock at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (vqA1l)

253 Baseball is actually pretty gay

Posted by: the moral of Field of Dreams at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (OHqxX)

254 Gilligan's Island Honey Bees are best honey bees!

https://youtu.be/nDcpexDjvAM

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

255 They spent who knows how many millions (if not billions over the years) collecting and mapping radon-level data all over the country.

Posted by: ShainS

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Yet they refuse to map crime and migrant populations. Or Section 8 housing.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (D5z+u)

256 And Anne Bancroft played the teacher to Duke's Keller right?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026


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Right. According to IMDb, Patty won an Oscar for the Keller role, and an Emmy for playing Annie Sullivan eighteen years later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

257 Was Little House a good series?? Had a long run I think.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

It was back in the day of wholesome family programming, and it was OK, moderately interesting.

Not enough gay homosexuals to be run today.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (dK+Kv)

258 NERD ALERT
Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:53 PM (Z6vKV)
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You must be new here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

259 But there were no honeybees in the Middle East. The phrase probably meant date honey.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 05:50 PM (vGaW9)


Go to any big museum with Egyptian artifacts and you will see evidence of honey production. And there were honeybees in ancient Israel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (n9ltV)

260 Bees in the Bible:

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him. 6 The Spirit of the Lord [f]came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. 7 So he went down and talked to the woman; and she [g]looked good to Samson. 8 When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. 9 So he scraped [h]the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (FMtrg)

261 UK police have identified a new terrorist cell in London, consisting of middle aged Iranians protesting against the mullahs.

They sure are cracking a lot of grey-haired heads.


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Londonistan mayor and Englanistan PM are protecting their favorite Ayatollahs. By beating up on 70 year olds.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (g47mK)

262 Not Season 5. She was dead again by then. That season was awful, Tracey Scoggins was the replacement captain for the station.

I think she was there for the 3rd or 4th season. Kicked off the Shadow War.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at


Right, I should have known that. Season 5, the "holy shit we unexpectedly got renewed for another season" season.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (Z6vKV)

263 >>Kathleen Kennedy out.

Only about 10 years too late.
Nobody cares about Star Wars anymore.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 05:57 PM (LlV+5)

264 179 Duck-fucker bitch looked seriously mentally ill...

She actually sounded like a big bird.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:41 PM (KDPiq)

I though for a moment she was a member of the Fuckahwe tribe.

Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 05:57 PM (eOBvG)

265 >> we could be having 5 o'clock several times per day.

Get close enough to the pole, and you could walk in a circle around the pole, and freeze 5 O'clock right with you.

That would be fun stunt for somebody to do down there at the South Pole.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 05:57 PM (w6EFb)

266 And to note, Hellen Keller was a commie Karen.
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Ah.This would explain the bird hand gestures.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 05:57 PM (XeU6L)

267 This is the part that's so retarded about American socialists... they don't clamor about the means of production, or farmland. They pay lip service to some social justice horseshit, but for the most part, these are people with access, perhaps too much, to upper-tier social "goods" like free education and healthcare.

These are people whose most bitter complaint, the one I hear them voice most frequently, is about a lack of single-family homes they can afford.

And so they naturally vote for people who say "single family housing is muh white supremaciez. We will abolish it and convert it all to multi-family rentals."

If they said "we'll take YD's house and give it to you, Trigglypuff - and we'll make him foot the bill for your rascal-ramp and demo the wall in back to add room to the master bedroom for your American Kween-sized cattle mattress," I could get it.

But it's always the same with these NPCs. Their Party says "we'll squash YD to make him a huge loser like you, and you can rent quarters together, from us," and they love the sound of that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (BI5O2)

268 England should go on General Strike until that fagalah UK PM is swept out of power.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (g47mK)

269 They spent who knows how many millions (if not billions over the years) collecting and mapping radon-level data all over the country.

Posted by: ShainS

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And found zero statistically valid correlation between radon levels and lung cancer rates. It's a scam.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (1Au9i)

270 Feeding the chickens this morning I realized they no longer sounded like chickens. They sounded like a flock of angry, unhinged Karens. I gave Cogburn the rooster a good talking to. Told him to straighten his girls out.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (vzcgi)

271 I'm with ace on not understanding all the love given to Field of Dreams. I'd rather watch Costner in Water World.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (KDPiq)

272 Woohoo. Finally on fiber optic now. Been waiting for several years for fiber optic service instead of cable.

Will save a fair chunk as well.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)

273 Together with all the Islamists are occupying all the top posts in the UK government.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

274 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

I was trying to remember who it was that commented on one of those fraudsters in the news, his last name was Liao, and you made a joke about those damn CapCons.

**nerd fistbump**

Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (Z6vKV)

275 I want to go to the UK, but not under Starmer, thank you very much.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

276 IIRC this is law in all 50 states.

Game Wardens are the most powerful LEOs in Texas.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:44 PM


You ain't kidding. In most cases they don't even need search warrants to come on your property and "investigate".

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (0N4FZ)

277 John Wilkes Booth was just trying to find a good seat in the theater.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (L/fGl)

278 Babylon was also famous for it's Bees.

Posted by: King Nebuchadnezzar at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (oftw2)

279 Tip of the hat to Ace Cuck Softcock. That sort of writing and imagination is why I come here.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (xvV+O)

280
EXACTLY
She should be happy there's no brightly colored polyester uniform.
Posted by: Lizzy


What a chicken outfit!

https://t.ly/pvAYX

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (pkeXY)

281 263 >>Kathleen Kennedy out.

Only about 10 years too late.
Nobody cares about Star Wars anymore.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Disney flushed billions down the toilet with that hire. Destroyer of franchises because she hated men and their entertainment.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (E4rtv)

282 And to note, Hellen Keller was a commie Karen.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:54 PM


She hadn't heard of their evil.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 06:01 PM (jc0TO)

283 Samson got hands up round the lion's jaw
He ripped that beast, killed it dead
And the bees made honey in the lion's head


Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 06:01 PM (viF8m)

284 Woohoo. Finally on fiber optic now. Been waiting for several years for fiber optic service instead of cable.

Will save a fair chunk as well.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)

We're rural. Fiber is highly improbable.

I was talking to some folks this week, Starlink is looking like a good replacement for Spectrum cable internet that we'll be looking into soon.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 06:01 PM (dK+Kv)

285 I wrote down some thoughts on race relations.

Posted by: Zombie Che Guevara, Communist Influencer at January 16, 2026 06:01 PM (wVcYX)

286 John the Forerunner (hi, Orthobros!) lived on locusts and while honey.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

287 Was Little House a good series?? Had a long run I think.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

++++

I never watched it. I know it was pretty popular. I know my mother liked it. I don't think I've ever seen Melissa Gilbert act in anything, now that I think about it.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (wcTwv)

288 Cea Weaver - It hates landlords. Do we have to dig deep to find It hates all private ownership of housing?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (/lPRQ)

289 Duck-fucker bitch looked seriously mentally ill...

She actually sounded like a big bird.

Posted by: Opinion fact
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Unless I am mistaken, she seemed to be giving the finger...while wearing mittens. Also, it would seem that she is throwing rocks to frighten away the decoys.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (XeU6L)

290 When we'd come in after a couple weeks in the field on maneuvers, getting the 3 Bs was on everyone's list.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

291 Stardoes of Starbucks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (L/fGl)

292 That bitch went in to manopause when it hit 14 years old.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (xvV+O)

293 I'm with ace on not understanding all the love given to Field of Dreams. I'd rather watch Costner in Water World.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 05:58 PM (KDPiq)

Jeanne Tripplehorn was a cutey

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (NtVYv)

294 Field of Dreams was kind of a maudlin mess as a recall.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x)

295 **nerd fistbump**
Posted by: Oedipus at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (Z6vKV)
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People of a certain age remember when the "live long and prosper" sign was like a secret handshake.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

296 So those Mormons were lying to me about the bees or just clueless themselves? Say it ain’t so. One was really hot …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 06:03 PM (vGaW9)

297 I wish Trump would tell the UK to straighten up or we'll cut ties . What do they provide for us ? Is Rolls Royce a crucial part of our defense equipment?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:03 PM (KDPiq)

298 Evidence of bees go way back in the ME. what is this nonsense about no bees in the ME ? There are literally hieroglyphics with bees and bee keepers from ancient Egypt, and honey was used in medicine!

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 06:03 PM (g47mK)

299 > Woohoo. Finally on fiber optic now. Been waiting for several years for fiber optic service instead of cable.

I believe there are fiber runs near me, but not currently to my house. If I were willing to spend several thousand dollars, they'd run a line.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 06:04 PM (Yp6az)

300 Stardoes of Starbucks.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026


***
The union baristas going out on strike looked a lot bigger than does. Maybe StarMares.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)

301 Landlords can be.... harsh.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I am my own landlord.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 06:04 PM (/lPRQ)

302 Duck season! Wonder what she’d say for Rabbit season?

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (cd3eP)

303 Jeanne Tripplehorn was a cutey
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026


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Much more attractive to me than Sharon Stone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

304 I never watched it. I know it was pretty popular. I know my mother liked it. I don't think I've ever seen Melissa Gilbert act in anything, now that I think about it.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (wcTwv)
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I remember the show being on, I saw the intro but then the channel was changed to something else.

A couple of years ago I finally streamed "Remington Steele" which was pretty good at first, and I knew the theme song well, because it meant bedtime.

Boxleitner was in the first season.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

305 Tip of the hat to Ace Cuck Softcock. That sort of writing and imagination is why I come here.
Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 16, 2026 06:00 PM (xvV+O)

I laughed at that

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (NtVYv)

306
Unless I am mistaken, she seemed to be giving the finger...while wearing mittens. Also, it would seem that she is throwing rocks to frighten away the decoys.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (XeU6L)

++++

She failed at that, too. They weren't even scared.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (wcTwv)

307 Field of Dreams was kind of a maudlin mess as a recall.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM


James Earl Jones got all the best lines.

"You're from the sixties, aren't you"
"Back, go back, there's no place for you here in the future!"

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (jc0TO)

308
I never watched it. I know it was pretty popular. I know my mother liked it. I don't think I've ever seen Melissa Gilbert act in anything, now that I think about it.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (wcTwv)

I don't remember it very well but I do remember I hated the blonde girl. My parents watched that and the Walton's but I don't remember that really either.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (X42T3)

309 We're rural. Fiber is highly improbable.

I was talking to some folks this week, Starlink is looking like a good replacement for Spectrum cable internet that we'll be looking into soon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Cable kept getting more and more expensive and service kept getting crappier. Let me know how Starlink does for you if you decide to pivot.

I am getting about a little over 900 mb/s down and about the same uploading. No contract and about 70 bucks per month.

I was getting about half that with cable with frequent interruptions of service. All what I watch nowadays was streaming so the cable was solely for internet.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (E4rtv)

310 300 Stardoes of Starbucks.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026

***
The union baristas going out on strike looked a lot bigger than does. Maybe StarMares.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
Starmammoths.

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (cd3eP)

311 264 My doc buddy tells that joke every time we play D&D. LOL

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (Q0yOR)

312 I am my own landlord.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Well, you and the County Tax Assessor.

Posted by: In Arrears, Myself at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (oftw2)

313 Honey stores for a long time.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (KDPiq)

314 I don't remember it very well but I do remember I hated the blonde girl. My parents watched that and the Walton's but I don't remember that really either.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (X42T3)

Nelly ? Or the blind sister ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (NtVYv)

315 I don't remember it very well but I do remember I hated the blonde girl. My parents watched that and the Walton's but I don't remember that really either.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (X42T3)


Nellie Oleson. Chuck Schumer reminds me of her.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (FMtrg)

316 That was the Blue-jacketed Fuckoffer

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

317 I few a few episodes of the Waltons. I lijed John Boy a lot in All Quiet on the Western front, as well as Ernest Borgnine.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (pDt9x)

318 And there were honeybees in ancient Israel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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I think writer was confused. There were bees in Middle East,

Utah, OTOH,.... I am pretty sure there were no honeybees in New world until introduced.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (D5z+u)

319
Speaking of tribes, this purports to be the first high quality video of one of those isolated Amazon tribes that have no contact with the outside world:

https://is.gd/7Ucge1

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)

320 Is Rolls Royce a crucial part of our defense equipment?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026

Actually, yes. Rolls is updating the engines on the B-52 fleet.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (G0Uu2)

321 PSA if your young daughter or son is in drama, he or she will be made.
There are no ya, buts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (3UR/I)

322 I believe there are fiber runs near me, but not currently to my house. If I were willing to spend several thousand dollars, they'd run a line.
Posted by: bonhomme

They finished the new line about one week ago. Signed me up on Wednesday evening, and installed on Friday. Waived the $99 install fee and cable is all underground where I live. Impressed. ATT may be getting a helluva lot more limber than I remember from DSL days.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

323 Nellie Oleson. Chuck Schumer reminds me of her.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (FMtrg)


She was the ur-AWFL

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (0bjKf)

324 I few a few episodes of the Waltons. I lijed John Boy a lot in All Quiet on the Western front, as well as Ernest Borgnine.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (pDt9x)
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Yeah, I was surprised at how good it was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

325 Drive by diagnosis.


The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
President Donald Trump suffered a stroke several months ago and has kept it from the public, a medical expert has claimed.
. . . .
“I think his stroke was on the left side of the brain, which controls the right side of the body,” Davidson told biographer Sidney Blumenthal and Princeton historian Sean Wilentz on their podcast, The Court of History.

“I think the stroke was six months ago or more, earlier in 2025,” he continued. “There are videos of him shuffling his feet, which is not what we’d seen previously when he was striding on the golf course. We’ve seen him holding his right hand cradled in his left. Earlier in 2025, he was garbling words, which he hadn’t done before and which he’s improved upon more recently.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (L/fGl)

326 I LOVE the bird sounding crazy liberal "womman"in the video. Saw it last night & sent to my husband. Her throwing rocks & the decoys was the cherry on top. The hunters handled it very well & I am fairly sure are Morons.

Not familiar with the pedo's "body of work" but he would have wounds if he tried to mess with me as a 16yo redneck girl. Therapy for him would not be enough as he'd require stitches & some wound care to his nethers. Boys figured out from my aura that I was not going to put up with much. If lucky they got a kiss on the front porch.

Not super fond of gingers. I dated a guy for a few months in junior college. Nice guy. He had auburn hair, which is the closest I got to ginger. His nickname was Pecker from childhood. Supposedly "Woodpecker" due to his hair. Mother was horrified & asked for his real name, without explaining her horror,& I was clueless for years about this deal. My father? He never bothered to meet the few boys I dated til I was engaged. I am pretty sure he laughed about it but also did not discuss it with his only daughter. When Pecker got serious I ended it toot sweet.

I am glad the pedo was caught. I should feel a bit sorry for his wife yet I don't.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (WONhk)

327 Whatever happened to Robby Benson?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)

328
Nellie Oleson. Chuck Schumer reminds me of her.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (FMtrg)

That's the one, thank you. The jerks are more memorable.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (X42T3)

329 Actually, yes. Rolls is updating the engines on the B-52 fleet.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (G0Uu2)

Ok after the refitting we cut ties 😀

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (KDPiq)

330 I believe there are fiber runs near me, but not currently to my house. If I were willing to spend several thousand dollars, they'd run a line.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 06:04 PM (Yp6az)

AT&T shit the bed ON MY BIRTHDAY last summer and I got up, went out and got the T-Mobile home internet 5g thing, no fibers, no cables. Not only is it about 1/3 of what I was paying AT&T but it's been absolutely perfect. I don't do gaming and geographic location is probably a factor so your results may vary but I am one happy camper, should have done it years ago.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (VyqMH)

331 316 LOLOL

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (Q0yOR)

332 I was getting about half that with cable with frequent interruptions of service. All what I watch nowadays was streaming so the cable was solely for internet.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:06 PM (E4rtv)

Our main problem is the frequent outages, coupled with the high price. Price for Starlink is equivalent, speeds are reportedly decent, and no interruptions due to local, terrestrial problems like power outages, cut lines, and fires.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (dK+Kv)

333 >>Nelly ? Or the blind sister ?

Oh, right -- pretty sure the actress who played Nelly has become an advocate for protecting child actors from sexual abuse. Interesting. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (LlV+5)

334 When Pecker got serious I ended it toot sweet.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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You know I gotta ask for the Horde. How did you know that particular Pecker was serious?

You can always take the 5th!

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (E4rtv)

335 Fox is reporting that both Walz and Frey are under investigation by the DOJ for impeding ICE.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (viF8m)

336 Drive by diagnosis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (L/fGl)
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Remember when it was unethical to offer a diagnosis from someone you haven't treated or examined?

Trump makes them burn up all their rules.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

337 I few a few episodes of the Waltons. I lijed John Boy a lot in All Quiet on the Western front, as well as Ernest Borgnine.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (pDt9x)
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Richard Thomas makes me angry. I do not know why. I honestly do not. All I know he pisses me off. Might be a tonal quality of his voice, or that big mole on his face.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)

338 Whatever happened to Robby Benson?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)

I was a fan of Benson though he really couldn't act. I love the movie One on One.

Also my man card in jeopardy because I really like two figure skating movies.

Cutting Edge and the one Benson was in , Ice Castles.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (KDPiq)

339 So those Mormons were lying to me about the bees or just clueless themselves?

I don't think Utah's love for the beehive/honeybee comes from just one thing. Deseret, the land of milk and honey, and the recurring theme in the Book of Mormon that righteous people are industrious and wicked people are slothful probably all play a role.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (Yp6az)

340 Our main problem is the frequent outages, coupled with the high price. Price for Starlink is equivalent, speeds are reportedly decent, and no interruptions due to local, terrestrial problems like power outages, cut lines, and fires.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I had Direct TV for years after I moved to where I am today. Then cable offered a better deal and Direct TV got worse. I am curious to how well they improved Starlink on interference and from storms.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)

341 Our main problem is the frequent outages, coupled with the high price. Price for Starlink is equivalent, speeds are reportedly decent, and no interruptions due to local, terrestrial problems like power outages, cut lines, and fires.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (dK+Kv)
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What about extra-terrestrial problems?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (ESVrU)

342 Richard Thomas makes me angry. I do not know why. I honestly do not. All I know he pisses me off. Might be a tonal quality of his voice, or that big mole on his face.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)

The grandpa on the Waltons was a literal commie in real life.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (KDPiq)

343 >>Davidson told biographer Sidney Blumenthal

Hillary Clinton's pal Sid Blumenthal????
The idiot who exchanged emails w/classified info using an AOL account, getting hacked and triggering the Hillary email investigation -- that guy??

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (LlV+5)

344 Nood

Posted by: skywch at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (uqhmb)

345 Can't take your eyes off me, can you.

Posted by: Richard Thomas' Mole at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (Q+gd/)

346 327 Whatever happened to Robby Benson?
Posted by: toby928(c)
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I think he went into directing for like TV and cable shows.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)

347 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (L/fGl)

Well, I saw a clip earlier of RFKJ recounting how Dr. Oz reviewed Trump's medical records and was astonished that he had off-the-charts testosterone levels. Now ask me which of these two things I have ample reason to believe.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 06:13 PM (VyqMH)

348 Whatever happened to Robby Benson?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)

He realized "City Limits" sucked, and he became an actuary.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 06:14 PM (0aYVJ)

349 I saw Professor Stubby Tinymeat open for Hedgehog at Gazzarri's Hollywood a Go Go in '91.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 06:14 PM (BSdIE)

350 Cutting Edge and the one Benson was in , Ice Castles.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Blades of Glory?

Posted by: Triple Axel at January 16, 2026 06:14 PM (oftw2)

351 Not super fond of gingers. I dated a guy for a few months in junior college. Nice guy. He had auburn hair, which is the closest I got to ginger. His nickname was Pecker from childhood. Supposedly "Woodpecker" due to his hair. Mother was horrified & asked for his real name, without explaining her horror,& I was clueless for years about this deal. My father? He never bothered to meet the few boys I dated til I was engaged. I am pretty sure he laughed about it but also did not discuss it with his only daughter. When Pecker got serious I ended it toot sweet.

I am glad the pedo was caught. I should feel a bit sorry for his wife yet I don't.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:09 PM (WONhk)


+++++

So friggin funny! I'm dying here.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:15 PM (wcTwv)

352 Trump's going wobbly on Minnesota too:

“If I needed it, I’d use it. I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it,” @POTUS
on using the Insurrection Act, which has been invoked by 48% of presidents.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:15 PM (ZxPkt)

353 Richard Thomas makes me angry. I do not know why. I honestly do not. All I know he pisses me off. Might be a tonal quality of his voice, or that big mole on his face.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)

Why doesn't he get a rat to gnaw that off?

Posted by: Dr. Evil at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (wVcYX)

354 I had Direct TV for years after I moved to where I am today. Then cable offered a better deal and Direct TV got worse. I am curious to how well they improved Starlink on interference and from storms.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)

The guy I talked with said absolutely not problems with moisture content of the air. The only issue he raised was potential for throttling due to oversold capacity, which may happen in peak times. He's not seen it, but he is more rural than me.



What about extra-terrestrial problems?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (ESVrU)

Musk is flooding the zone with the mini-sats, and he has military backing for the network as Uncle Same is a prime customer. Not too worried.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 06:16 PM (dK+Kv)

355 215
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

I don't think they understand how communism works.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 05:48 PM (pkeXY)


They also don't understand active systemic racism in Europe, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and many places in Central and South America. And where emigrants from those areas live. Not many white folx in those areas and enclaves.

Posted by: Gref at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (5rh/l)

356 Every Karen McAWFL has a little Hitler Homunculus nestled in their brainstem.
Seared into their hippocampus.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 06:17 PM (XMwZJ)

357 Do you think there is anyone in the world cursed enough to actually live with Bird Karen? I would last less than 30 minutes before k!ll!ng something besides a duck with that shotgun.

Posted by: Martin Tell at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (sFNX2)

358
I'm with ace on not understanding all the love given to Field of Dreams. I'd rather watch Costner in Water World.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Two words.

Jeanne. Tripplehorn.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 06:19 PM (QVmho)

359
Richard Thomas makes me angry. I do not know why. I honestly do not. All I know he pisses me off. Might be a tonal quality of his voice, or that big mole on his face.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
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Why doesn't he get a rat to gnaw that off?
Posted by: Dr. Evil

He had the perfect opportunity in ww1 with Earnest Borg-nein.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 06:22 PM (QVmho)

360 >Two words.

Jeanne. Tripplehorn.
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two more:
body double

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:23 PM (ZxPkt)

361 Did we finally agree that the official term for a group of AWFLs is a coven?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (0U5gm)

Here in the Northwest more than one Karen is a Scold of Karens.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at January 16, 2026 06:24 PM (vnzIL)

362 yes

'scold'

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt)

363 Trump's pushing 80

maybe his brain is hardening

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 06:27 PM (ZxPkt)

364
Ok after the refitting we cut ties 😀
Posted by: Opinion fac
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They are moving to the US.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (3UR/I)

365 Bull Durham was better than Field of Dreams

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 06:28 PM (r8eU0)

366 334 When Pecker got serious I ended it toot sweet.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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You know I gotta ask for the Horde. How did you know that particular Pecker was serious?

You can always take the 5th!
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (E4rtv)

Ha! It is not what you think!

He started talking about finishing college and marrying me. I thought, naw, I am not going to be here, dude. I knew I had to fly high and it was not going to be with him. He was polite and not a grabber, so he won sort of a record for a few months dating in my pitiful resume collection of mostly 1 date and done.

I just faded away into the sunset. There was no emotional stuff of breaking his heart. I was never mean to boys, just acted oblivious when they proposed to me. Like I didn't hear them somehow.

Y'all think I am joking about my Ellie Mae Clampett persona in college. I'm not. My bf/husband said I had an innocent face. Mostly due to being a dingbat and naturally spaced out and thinking of a thousand things at once. At a kegger, though, I shined and could outlast anyone and tell stories. I still can meet and talk to anyone, bless their hearts, and am sober and olde.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:30 PM (WONhk)

367 Y'all also need to know that the South, at the time of post-Civil War era when I was a teen, it was still a place for nicknames.

I am going to try to remember, but at least two Buddy's (juniors), two Sonny's (juniors), a Toot (I can guess why), a Turp (dunno), Cooter (dunno).

There are probably more, so the idea of Pecker was not shocking to me at all...until Mama freaked out and I had to ask him what his real name was to introduce them.

I hope he's not reading here. *waves*

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 06:36 PM (WONhk)

368 The only thing I know about thirty something is that they tried to scare everyone about radon, and you could tell a low information person if in every conversation they fretted about radon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 05:05 PM (0U5gm)

Put in an exhaust fan. Problem solved.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:40 PM (8avO+)

369 Do you think there is anyone in the world cursed enough to actually live with Bird Karen? I would last less than 30 minutes before k!ll!ng something besides a duck with that shotgun.
Posted by: Martin Tell at January 16, 2026 06:18 PM (sFNX2)

someone's ex wife.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)

370 The quiet subtext of "Little House" in the 70's was that the one survivor of the house on the prairie was Rose Wilder Lane, a pretty damn important conservative writer and thinker in an age when there weren't many. She was, if you can imagine such a thing, Ayn Rand's best friend.

Quite a life, lot to know about her, probably belongs on the Book Thread.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (zdLoL)

371 I never watched it. I know it was pretty popular. I know my mother liked it. I don't think I've ever seen Melissa Gilbert act in anything, now that I think about it.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 16, 2026 06:02 PM (wcTwv)

I don't remember it very well but I do remember I hated the blonde girl. My parents watched that and the Walton's but I don't remember that really either.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (X42T3)

Nellie Olssen.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:43 PM (8avO+)

372 Is Rolls Royce a crucial part of our defense equipment?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026

Actually, yes. Rolls is updating the engines on the B-52 fleet.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (G0Uu2)

In WWII they made the engine upgrade that made the Mustang fighter into the best plane in the world.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

373 What IS the story with radon? I thought this was debunked a long time ago but I seem to be seeing a whole lot of stories and warnings about it pop up all of a sudden, like in the last three weeks. More diversions from the massive NGO fraud?
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Dunno - but I do know this: One set of grandparents lived in a old stone farmhouse on top of a mountain within a Level 1 Radon zone for 70 years. It had a dirt basement floor with no, absolutely no, remediation. They both died of old age in their 90's. And grandpa smoked - so there!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 05:15 PM (cYBz/)

Radon gas is an intermediate product of Uranium and Thorium decay and as a gas, can escape out into the air and get into the lungs, where the radiation can have max effect. so if your basement is in that sort of rock, it could conceivably build up and give a higher dosage.

There likely would be all sorts of ways to seal the gas in if every one wasn't in a tizzy. Or vent it out.

What they never mention is riding a plane, or living in the mountain adds all sort of radiation from cosmic rays and such that they never think of.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

374 Νice slot bro!

Posted by: tes RTP slot at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (PDAQG)

Mortgate Rates Fall to Lowest Level In Three Years As CNN Grieves

Before that: Last week, Trump proposed banning large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, which they've been doing for years, contributing to the high cost of home ownership.

You will own nothing and love it, they promised.


President Trump on Wednesday said he's "taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes," linking the move to housing affordability.

Why it matters: Real estate investors -- including both large and small-scale operations -- bought about 1 in 3 single-family homes sold in the second quarter of 2025, according to a report by market intelligence firm C.J. Patrick using BatchData figures.

"People live in homes, not corporations," Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The impact: Shares of home-owning companies fell sharply Wednesday after Trump's statement.

OpenDoor, an online platform that buys and sells residential real estate, was trading down 11.5%.

...

Friction point: Critics say the trend contributes to rising home prices and rent hikes.

Via Larry O'Connor, mortgage rates have fallen to a three-year low from the highs they reached under Biden, making buying houses affordable for many more people.


DeVory Darkins
@devorydarkins

CNN ADMITS Trump's housing affordability plan is working.

"So let's just say you're buying a $500,000 home. You're putting 20% down. A year ago, your monthly payments were almost $2,700 for principal and interest. Now they're around $2,400. Now, that might not sound like that much. It's about $260 difference, but over the course of a year, you're talking about $3,000 less in interest over the course of a loan, it's over $90,000. So that's huge, right? That's less money going to the bank, more for everything else in life. Now, all of this comes after the White House has really started to focus more on this issue of housing affordability."


Larry O'Connor pointed out that the CNN cows had "faces longer than Secretariat" as they were forced to report on the increased affordability of homes, and pooh-poohed the news as they focused on home prices continuing to rise.

Which, you know, they usually do. That's why real estate is such an attractive investment.

But a falling mortgage rate means that the net cost to actually buy a house is now at its lowest level in three years.

In more good news: NEC Director Kevin Hassett expects the economy to have grown at 5% (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2025, and opines that the real rate of growth would be a point and a half higher but for the Democrat shutdown.

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM




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1 Gustatory

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (3AyDK)

2 Geronimo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2026 03:51 PM (XV/Pl)

3 The economy is rolling and Trump is planning military action against Iran and Minnesota .All good.

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (YwEeS)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (LdBR/)

5
ESPONJA!!11!1!111

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (tljrc)

6 For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (2Ez/1)

7 Mortgate?

Is this a Burke and Hare situation?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (yFLFB)

8 More white supremacy from Drumpf!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (zUe/H)

9 What do you call a mortgage on Mars?

Alien.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (77rzZ)

10 Dave Ramsey has a good segment on what's driving up real estate prices.

We need to get Private Equity, start regulating AirBnB's, and stop all of this foreign ownership.

It's destroying starter homes for America. And the "market" is not going to fix itself.

https://tinyurl.com/ynf6x6j5

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (eIzlH)

11 Hmmm...

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:54 PM (iXqHn)

12 Well it's bad for savers and investors.
-San Franpsycho and Ebenezer Scrooge

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:54 PM (RIvkX)

13 Dems gonna need a new strategy for this fall. Will they actually go with insurrection in defense of criminal illegals? What else do they have?

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (GUOwU)

14 Communists HATE the middle class, individual property ownership and economic mobility. HATE THEM.

Posted by: Hence CNN crying in its artisanal quinoa at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (TbWk/)

15 Gustatory
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (3AyDK)

I know, right? Lol.

Posted by: Lady Who Had to Look it Up at January 16, 2026 03:56 PM (JCLJi)

16 I’m reliably told it’s Marxist if you don’t want corporations buying up all the single family homes.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 16, 2026 03:56 PM (CwUhY)

17 I saw Artisanal Quinoa open for...

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:56 PM (77rzZ)

18 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)

19 MFM reports on "the economy is overheating!" in five, four, three...

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (GjEvj)

20 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (XvL8K)

21 Lotsa reasons why houses and apartments are falling in price (I loathe the leftwing-invented term "affordable").

Lower interest rates are of course a big reason. (It's still insane to me that some on our side still seem to think the Fed should keep rates where they are.)

Another big reason is increased supply. We've kicked out a ton of illegal parasite smellies, which freed up housing. A lot of new housing development was delayed during covid, and only now is starting to come online.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

22 "People live in homes, not corporations," Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social.
===

He means People Before Profits!

Now we know why Trump loves Mamdani.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

23 Hmm. Maybe I'll actually be able to find a house this year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (Wnv9h)

24 I heard that every economist everywhere and for all time agreed that tariffs would kill the economy.

Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (cD7Zt)

25 Standing CNN host seems a little chunky.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (abIsI)

26 Dems gonna need a new strategy for this fall. Will they actually go with insurrection in defense of criminal illegals? What else do they have?
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (GUOwU)
=====

The galactic-level fraud numbers doesn't help, either.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (rj6Yv)

27 But if you own utilities transports or reits you are probably happy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (RIvkX)

28 Another good proposal from Pres. T is to allow 401k assets to be used to buy a home; that alone will drive a LOT of people to be able to afford it. PUSH IT!

Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (5obJk)

29 Do not say Cochise to this dog.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (3AyDK)

30 Force Blackrock and absentee foreign investors to divest properties over the next 3 years.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (2Nfh9)

31 Communists HATE the middle class, individual property ownership and economic mobility. HATE THEM.

Well, if the damn kulaks wouldn't keep insisting on owning TWO cows, we'd stop hating them.


Nahhhhh.

Posted by: Communists at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t)

32 But houses are so expensive because the Boomers bought them all dirt cheap 100 years ago and I have to live in my mom's basement and smoke weed and play video games when I am not furiously bating and pleasuring myself.

Mom! Mom! The WiFi is down again! Mom! I never know what she's doing up there...

Posted by: 28 Year Old American Monster Child at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (R/m4+)

33 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (XvL8K)

Rentals is my understanding.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (KDPiq)

34 Homeowners insurance will more than make up for any lost revenue. Same for property taxes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (U2OZr)

35 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)
====

I think its more likely the irresponsible pay cash.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (RIvkX)

36 We're planning to sell in early spring. This is all good news.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (abIsI)

37 Deporting a few million illegals also eases the pressure on housing and jobs availability. Amazing how things improve when you get rid of economy busters.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (Z8jzG)

38 Our last mortgage was 3.25% in 2018. I don't know when or if ever we will see rates like that again.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (0N4FZ)

39 Nu-uh!, they cried.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (zZu0s)

40 Hail Trump.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (jc0TO)

41 Another way to fix housing would be to create a sort of Quarters Act for illegals. If we can tie a liberal directly to a statement, verbal or written, that illegals deserve to stay in the U.S., the government puts four illegals in said liberal's house on their dime.

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (H4qGm)

42 I was trying to buy a house in the NY Hudson Valley in the mid 80's. I don't need to hear any whining about affordability.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (KDPiq)

43 >>How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Yes, they are turning them into rentals. Removing a large number of available homes for sale and turning them into rental units drives up the price of houses available for sale.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

44 Stop the spread of communism with this one weird trick

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (3AyDK)

45 The down side to lower rates is less return on my "safe" capital.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM (jc0TO)

46 Get the Warren Buffett character out of there and things might improve. He's been fucking over single family homeowners for decades.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (BSdIE)

47 Another good proposal from Pres. T is to allow 401k assets to be used to buy a home; that alone will drive a LOT of people to be able to afford it. PUSH IT!

Oh great. Now all those idiots with $80k incomes will cash out their 401ks in order to get into houses they can't afford, so they'll end up losing both the house and their retirement nest egg.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)

48 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)

Why wouldn't the response be for card issuers to just not issue cards to people who they feel are too big a risk given the cap?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (zUe/H)

49 Propaganda Ministries: no, no, no the peasants must be punished until morale improves , tovarich

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (r8eU0)

50 20 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (XvL8K)

They drive up prices, by buying up inventory in select markets. Ever gone into an area to buy a home, only to find that an entity paid CASH on the spot for a home? and you have to keep shopping and shopping and shopping? I had that happen NUMEROUS times in Florida; find a house, try to set up a purchase and loan and all that, only to find that a company bought it in an hour with cash. No contingencies no inspection nothing on their end.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (5obJk)

51 Another good proposal from Pres. T is to allow 401k assets to be used to buy a home; that alone will drive a LOT of people to be able to afford it. PUSH IT!
Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (5obJk)

That sounds like a good idea. Owning your own home is one of the best investments for your future you can make.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)

52 Why isn't anyone mentioning me when they're mentioning famous Native Americans?

Posted by: Elizabeth "Two Dogs" Warren (D-MA) at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

53 >>> 18 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)

Maybe the credit card companies could, oh I don't know, consider adjusting the balance limits for people less likely to pay them back?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 04:02 PM (ULPxl)

54 I didn't know the rates had gotten that high. I only got a mortgage 3 years ago, and it was lower than the lowest quoted rate in that article. It's really run up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:02 PM (BI5O2)

55 I think its more likely the irresponsible pay cash.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (RIvkX)

I see the people who load up their CCs with the high rates thinking they can do it even more if the rates are capped lower.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq)

56 Im looking to buy a home but mortgage rates going down would result in more demand, so I cant see prices really plummeting until the corporations that have been buying up homes get butt fucked

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (REq0p)

57 Our mortgage is 2 3/8. I can never sell.

Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (cD7Zt)

58 Another good proposal from Pres. T is to allow 401k assets to be used to buy a home; that alone will drive a LOT of people to be able to afford it. PUSH IT!
Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM


That's what I wanted in 2008. Tax free penalty free withdrawals for home payoffs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (jc0TO)

59 Dems gonna need a new strategy for this fall. Will they actually go with insurrection in defense of criminal illegals? What else do they have?

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (GUOwU)

There's always new scum to support.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (3AyDK)

60 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)
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I think its more likely the irresponsible pay cash.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (RIvkX)
______

Credit card rates are an odd thing and I'm not sure the path forward.

The affluent don't pay high CC rates because they either (i) pay off the card every month or (ii) have good credit and can keep bouncing back and forth between all those "no interest for a year" promotions.

The poor don't pay the rates either, because they almost always end up defaulting and not paying the balance.

The only people really paying CC rates are the lower-to-middle classes, who are getting fucked because they are forced to subsidize all the defaults from the group described above.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

61 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (abIsI)

62 Communists HATE the middle class, individual property ownership and economic mobility. HATE THEM.
Posted by: Hence CNN crying in its artisanal quinoa at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (TbWk/)

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And yet the stupid middle class Karens are their most useful foot soldiers. If they had any intelligence they would work out how Cambodia's middle class agitators ended up when they were no longer needed by the Kmer Rouge.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (Z8jzG)

63 Crime down, drug deaths and overdoses down, prescription drug prices down, gas prices down, egg prices down, homes affordable again...

The republicans in congress are doing nothing to help by passing almost none of the MAGA agenda. But if we still hold out in the midterms, it will be despite them, and solely because Trump has turned things around.

My employer sent my W2 recently. Excited to see if the Trump changes mean we actually get back a little more of our money this year! Fingers crossed. New children tax credits will help.

Benefits from the tariffs and taxpayers seeing a fatter return this year will help.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (gWBY1)

64
"So let's just say you're buying a $500,000 home. You're putting 20% down. A year ago, your monthly payments were almost $2,700 for principal and interest. Now they're around $2,400."

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"Peanuts." - N. Pelosi (Miss September, 1342)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (tgvbd)

65 "The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)

Why wouldn't the response be for card issuers to just not issue cards to people who they feel are too big a risk given the cap?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls"


That's exactly what would happen. You wouldn't be able to get a credit card with less than a 700 credit score. Probably half the population.

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (GUOwU)

66 My mom just had a 70-unit apartment complex plopped down next to her upscale gated community. Strangely, it is almost empty after being open for six months.

I'm pretty sure the targeted tenants were to be Government-subsidized illegals and Somali-style fraudsters.

Oops! Oopsie!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (GjEvj)

67 Why wouldn't the response be for card issuers to just not issue cards to people who they feel are too big a risk given the cap?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (zUe/H)

Ding ding ding

Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (cD7Zt)

68 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

My understanding is that most are converted into rentals.

However, if an institutional investor is willing to swoop in with cash and take a property at market value, that may prevent any natural mark-to-market that would occur with an increase in inventory.

Maybe it's like the banks holding properties to avoid realizing losses in the last housing bubble, but now institutions hold them and generate some rental income while keeping property values high? Just spitballing, really.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (yFLFB)

69 Meanwhile, Newsom wants everyone to live in 9 story apartment buildings near "transit hubs".

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)

70 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

They aren't forced.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (KDPiq)

71 20 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (XvL8K)

They are turning them into rentals. Single-family rental is the usual term for renting out stand-alone houses.

In the long-run it ought to balance out in areas that can continue to construct new houses, but in the short run it tends to cause pricing surges in localities. They're not much of existing housing supply but are driving a good chunk of new construction.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (okun6)

72 President Trump on Wednesday said he's "taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes,"

Those steps were removing illegals and their funding. Corporations that bet big on continued Democrat rule will take it in the shorts. Their rental market- and the value of their rental property- will crash. Their mortgage will not.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (qoUKC)

73 Dems gonna need a new strategy for this fall. Will they actually go with insurrection in defense of criminal illegals? What else do they have?
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM


OrangeMan Bad!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (0sNs1)

74 61 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.

YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house". One of them was install ship lap. It is apparently a trend whose time has passed. Who knew?

And yes, I had to look up what ship lap was.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

75 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Yes, they are turning them into rentals. Removing a large number of available homes for sale and turning them into rental units drives up the price of houses available for sale.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM


In our neighborhood they buy them up and leave them sitting there empty. There are two houses that were bought by corporations that have been updated and have been sitting empty for over a year. I have no idea what is going on. One of them was for sale after they did the upgrades but they pulled it from the market soon after it was listed. Every once in a while we see people there but nobody lives in them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 04:06 PM (0N4FZ)

76 >>> so I cant see prices really plummeting until the corporations that have been buying up homes get butt fucked

If they're forced to suddenly offload all those homes, I hope they have to sell them at a loss and cut bait. Serves them right.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:06 PM (gWBY1)

77 Developers love investor buyers who rent out the properties. It means that can build shoddy houses that an individual buyer would reject, but a renter wouldn't care about.

When my neighborhood was being built, entire illegal families were roofing. Lots of reports of nail pops and leaking roofs.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (wBaIH)

78 Dems gonna need a new strategy for this fall. Will they actually go with insurrection in defense of criminal illegals? What else do they have?
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM


I would run against the Do-Nothing Republican Congress, and the price of beef.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (jc0TO)

79 Why wouldn't the response be for card issuers to just not issue cards to people who they feel are too big a risk given the cap?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 04:01 PM (zUe/H)

Ding ding ding
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (cD7

So the higher risk get the lower cap rate?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (KDPiq)

80 The poor don't pay the rates either, because they almost always end up defaulting and not paying the balance.

I thought Barney Frank The Fag from Massholeshushits fixed the housing problem for the poors with fannie and freddie mac when he wasn't sucking dick and playing with other men's assholes.

Posted by: GMAC Mortgage at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (R/m4+)

81 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices?

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They increase buying demand which drives up prices and by sucking up all the houses, reduce inventory as well

My guess is they convert them into rentals, which takes the houses off the market (reducing inventory even more) OR flip them to sell at higher prices

Either way they can all get rhino fucked

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (REq0p)

82 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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The institutions have more money to pay and can outbid almost any private buyer. That drives up prices.

The institutions then turn the properties into rentals and a lot are basically run as commercial hotels (AirBNB, etc).

I question how significant this upward pricing pressure is in the total market, but clearly it has some.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

83 Those steps were removing illegals and their funding. Corporations that bet big on continued Democrat rule will take it in the shorts. Their rental market- and the value of their rental property- will crash. Their mortgage will not.

Oh no! Anyway...

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

84 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices?

As Executor, I had to sell the family home. Built in the 70s and on truly poor soil. The foundation was like gravel, and the cast iron plumbing needed replacement. it would cost 80k just to bring it to a saleable condition. It was also the low point in the housing retail due to Covid. No one was looking or buying in the city only out in the sticks because WFH was supposed to last forever.

After languishing on the market and being told by realtors that people were buying in the exurbs because Location Location Location lost so much value compared to New and Spacious.

The house needed love, and the young generation wants nothing to do with anything than move-in ready with zero maintenance.

So the institutional investor OpenDoor gave me cash and covered my mother's nursing home expenses. They flipped it to immigrants who don't know the first thing about maintenance and it shows.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 04:08 PM (BvPIe)

85 The institutional investor home buying doesn't just ramp up prices. It destroys neighborhoods. I've seen it here in flyover and little modest 'hoods that were nice are all of a sudden full of renters, most of whom have not been vetted and don't gas about the place. It's sad. I get texts and snail-mail postcards almost daily from these bloodsuckers and I really hope Trump can put the kibosh on them.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:09 PM (VyqMH)

86 My last house was close to 2.8%. Sigh... I had to move for another job and sale it. That was so painful.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)

87 My house built in 2025 is shiplap siding.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:10 PM (KDPiq)

88 Great, not doing me any good so fat

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:10 PM (Ia/+0)

89 74 61 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.

YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house". One of them was install ship lap. It is apparently a trend whose time has passed. Who knew?

And yes, I had to look up what ship lap was.
Posted by: Archimedes


*runs to get the cats paw nail remover*

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:10 PM (abIsI)

90 87 My house built in 2025 is shiplap siding.
Posted by: Opinion fact [/i

I was referring to interior walls.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (abIsI)

91 >>> And yet the stupid middle class Karens are their most useful foot soldiers.

There was a funny video on Crowder's show yesterday of a black guy waking and taking. He said his theory about why all these women are so mad and protesting is they are all feminine incels. They need a good healthy boink fest.

He said, white dudes, sorry to dump this on your shoulders, but you gotta step up and take one for the team. Get their rocks off so they get off our backs. It's your duty to your country.

I laughed. Lie back and think of MAGA...

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (gWBY1)

92 Another good proposal from Pres. T is to allow 401k assets to be used to buy a home; that alone will drive a LOT of people to be able to afford it. PUSH IT!
Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 16, 2026 03:58 PM (5obJk)


What's to prevent people from doing that now? Once they get the distribution, aren't they free to spend it as they see fit?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

93 " You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap."

What is a ship lap?l

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (8Xy/A)

94 71 20 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices? They can't just sit on a bunch of inventory that's not generating income. Are they turning them into rentals? Or price fixing somehow?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

The investors are putting down cash on barrel head offers and using Wallstreet financing to buy the homes, even entire subdivisions. These investors are not good neighbors either with failure to maintain their housing, numerous complaints about who they let rent the places (Sec. 8 and other welfare cases), and generally being assholes to renters. I live near a metro area and the complaints are coming in from all sides.

These companies are often inexperienced in property management, did not understand that single home maintenance and rentals are a different market than big apartment complexes, and their management skills frankly suck with high turnover of employees, illegal tactics, and strained relations with neighbors and local governments.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (WDjG6)

95 Willowed from last thread because this is important for everyone to understand.

The Left would sue and easily prevail over the Castrati in the Fe'ral Government's DOJ.

Something about First Amendment Right to Protest.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure



You have the right to peaceably assemble. You do not have the right to protest. (Important distinction)

The very first thing that gets broken, your assembly is now a riot.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (sui1r)

96 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.

YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house". One of them was install ship lap. It is apparently a trend whose time has passed. Who knew?

And yes, I had to look up what ship lap was.
Posted by: Archimedes

*runs to get the cats paw nail remover*
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:10 PM (abIsI)
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You definitely don't want to shit-wrap your home. Come on now, who does that?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

97 What's to prevent people from doing that now? Once they get the distribution, aren't they free to spend it as they see fit?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

Penalty for early withdrawal.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (KDPiq)

98 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (abIsI)

I think I'd prefer OG wood paneling or the knotty pine look, but then I am not a millennial.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (zZu0s)

99 YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house". One of them was install ship lap. It is apparently a trend whose time has passed. Who knew?

And yes, I had to look up what ship lap was.
Posted by: Archimedes
.......

I just painted my house Caribbean turquoise green against all expert advice. Everybody loves it.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)

100 ship lap
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I blame Chip and Joanna

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (3AyDK)

101 What Im hoping for is that if interest rates do go down, they go to where they were during the wong fong shimmy shong bing bong loomy bang chinademic

a lot of would be sellers refuse to sell because they locked in a unprecedentedly low mortgage so no matter what they do if they sold and bought another house they'd have to opt into a new mortgage at a much higher rate

hence the fuckery we're in now

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (REq0p)

102 Why aren't Republicans in Congress writing a law that says corporations can only buy or build apartment buildings. That would stymie the biggest sponsors of illegal immigration and show normal voters that they are looking after them. They should make a big noise about looking after families.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 04:14 PM (Z8jzG)

103 What's to prevent people from doing that now? Once they get the distribution, aren't they free to spend it as they see fit?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

Tax penalties.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:14 PM (BI5O2)

104 What is a ship lap?l
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:12 PM (8Xy/A)

As far as I can tell from looking it up, it's like wood paneling but wood painted a color like white.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:14 PM (zZu0s)

105 YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house". One of them was install ship lap. It is apparently a trend whose time has passed. Who knew?

And yes, I had to look up what ship lap was.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Blame teh Chip Gaines and his wife on that ubiquity. Prominent HGTV hosts that now have their own network.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:14 PM (WDjG6)

106 >>He said, white dudes, sorry to dump this on your shoulders, but you gotta step up and take one for the team.

White guys have been taking one for the team for years. We have been told we are the source of all evil and problems in the world.

The rest of you can carry the load for a while. We're just gonna have a beer and laugh.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

107 I just painted my house Caribbean turquoise green against all expert advice. Everybody loves it.
Posted by: wth


Santorini white & blue.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (sui1r)

108 Hawaiian Judge orders Trump and the Fed to raise Mortgage interest rates to 10% to help Democrats in the Midterms...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (J9q9v)

109 What's to prevent people from doing that now? Once they get the distribution, aren't they free to spend it as they see fit?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

There are penalties on early withdrawals that Trump wants to exempt if the funds are used for downpayments on principal residences. This is why financially savvy people have traditionally borrowed against it rather than do a withdrawal.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (VyqMH)

110 And low oil prices impacting the economy. Lower cost of food. Lower cost of plastics. Lower cost of just about everything.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (rj6Yv)

111 How, exactly, are the institutional investors driving up the prices?"

They're not. Many took advantage of quick rising prices, and the early ones made bank.
Rentals are another issue, and we can thank the lightbringer, and his focus on bringing the... er, less fortunate into better neighborhoods...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)

112 >>> You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:03 PM (abIsI)


And white interiors. The whole house is white. You basically toss a white paint grenade into the house, shut the door, and BLAMMO! everything is white now. I found an old butter dish up in a cabinet when we were moving in that someone forgot. It got painted white.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (3uBP9)

113 >>> YT sometimes serves up videos about "Never do these 10 things to your house"

I love those videos! They talk about all the trends developers put in their homes but nobody actually wants. Like millennial gray and white walls. And open cabinet shelves, so everything in your kitchen gets coated in dust and grease and is unsightly. Having actual cabinets in the kitchen is coming back.

They also say actually having divided rooms, and not knocking down all your walls to be open concept is coming back. We will see!

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (gWBY1)

114 Penalty for early withdrawal.
Posted by: Opinion fact

But what if they don't withdraw it early, and then use it to buy a home?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)

115
I just painted my house Caribbean turquoise green against all expert advice. Everybody loves it.
Posted by: wth


There's always one in the neighborhood.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (abIsI)

116 >>> Before that: Last week, Trump proposed banning large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, which they've been doing for years, contributing to the high cost of home ownership.

I have heard for years that tax structure discourages large inventory thus encouraging the brittle Just In Time model... and virtual market disruptions during the Kung Flu Freakout and Lockdown Pageant.

What happened to this tax structure where suddenly dumping shitloads of investment money into relately low return single family housing? Or they need they same tax structure most manufacturing retail where inventory is costly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (/lPRQ)

117 101 What Im hoping for is that if interest rates do go down, they go to where they were during the wong fong shimmy shong bing bong loomy bang chinademic

a lot of would be sellers refuse to sell because they locked in a unprecedentedly low mortgage so no matter what they do if they sold and bought another house they'd have to opt into a new mortgage at a much higher rate

hence the fuckery we're in now

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (REq0p)

Another thing they've been considering which would help with that is "portable mortgages".

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (okun6)

118 104 What is a ship lap?l
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Unlike wood paneling of yore which generally were large sheets, or wainscotting, ship lap is more like floor to ceiling horizontal lap siding brought indoors. Often using simulated distressed finishes, etc.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (WDjG6)

119 The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:57 PM (KDPiq)


Nope. The banks will simply cancel the cards of anyone who doesn't have great credit and the income to pay the card balances. They aren't stupid.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (n9ltV)

120 Fantastic. But, most on the Left have no ambition to buy a house...or work for that matter. If you want to sway voters in the midterm focus primarily on food costs. Everyone has to eat.

Fuel prices are down. That should have lowered distribution supply chain costs, which should translate to lower retail costs. BUT, it hasn't. Manufacturers have keep their prices up to make up for what they've lost through the Biden years presumably. They've doubled the problem by lowering net weight on a lot of products. And, while a handful of companies have reflected the current market status, a lot have not adjusted.

Retail markets outside of grocery have lowered costs, due to consumer confidence increasing demand, allowing them to increase supply. Retailers have passed this on in order to compete with competitors. That's not happening in Grocery stores because in a lot of locations customers are captive with limited choices to shop. Fix the food prices and everyone's happy....and CNN staff starts doing swan dives off the Atlanta HQ

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (dIske)

121 Is there no end to the Magic Wands that Trump can pull out of his ass?

DogEater hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (jQtSL)

122 The last house we had in Houston sat on 1.25 acres and was a pretty large one story built in 1956. It had cedar shake shingles on some of the back exterior wall.
It would take nothing more than a screwdriver to break through that wall.

I replaced it with hardy plank and plenty of nails.

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 04:17 PM (8uzBS)

123 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:14 PM (BI5O2)

You missed the discussion of goats on the last thread. I remember you once posted an epic rant on here about what asshoes they are.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

124 Ship lap siding has a inverted L shap groove on bottom and top has a L shape on top so two pieces lap iver each other

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)

125 I don't care what is in or not. I design my house with what I like. I do like accent walls whether it's ship lap or plank or metal or wall paper , etc.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:17 PM (KDPiq)

126 What, what about the cost of EGGS!!!!!

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 04:18 PM (rj6Yv)

127 Shiplap isn't new. Been around for hundreds of years and as the name would indicate came from ship building.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)

128 Ship lap is pretty! Part of the trend of having a textured or colored accent wall. But it only looks good if you are doing farmhouse or cottage core chic, or live in an east coast beach house or in Martha's Vineyard. It's not super useful if you actually want a useable wall.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:18 PM (gWBY1)

129 116 >>> Before that: Last week, Trump proposed banning large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, which they've been doing for years, contributing to the high cost of home ownership.

I have heard for years that tax structure discourages large inventory thus encouraging the brittle Just In Time model... and virtual market disruptions during the Kung Flu Freakout and Lockdown Pageant.

What happened to this tax structure where suddenly dumping shitloads of investment money into relately low return single family housing? Or they need they same tax structure most manufacturing retail where inventory is costly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 04:16 PM (/lPRQ)

The rental properties can be depreciated. Funnily enough I don't think that'd be the case if it were a builder holding it for sale.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at January 16, 2026 04:19 PM (okun6)

130 Shiplap, its like playing tetris with only the green pieces.

Posted by: Rex B at January 16, 2026 04:19 PM (hpzqB)

131 I love those videos! They talk about all the trends developers put in their homes but nobody actually wants. Like millennial gray and white walls. And open cabinet shelves, so everything in your kitchen gets coated in dust and grease and is unsightly. Having actual cabinets in the kitchen is coming back.

They also say actually having divided rooms, and not knocking down all your walls to be open concept is coming back. We will see!


They'd better not say my sex dungeon and slave pit is out of fashion.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (Riz8t)

132 The Experts are LOSING!

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They've been on a consistent losing streak for more than a century.

Zombie Woodrow Wilson hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (jQtSL)

133 One of the few decent things Bush did was cut back the long term capital gains tax on primary homes. Allowing people to withdraw from 401k and reinvest in physical property is in a similar vein. It will drive investment, and probably create more real gains for families over the long term, as opposed to stock investment.

I'm cool with it. It seems to make sense.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (BI5O2)

134 > The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.

10% is high. If your credit is so bad you are a bad bet at 10%, you can't handle credit. Some people are at 30% and that's insane.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (Yp6az)

135
Another way to fix housing would be to create a sort of Quarters Act for illegals. If we can tie a liberal directly to a statement, verbal or written, that illegals deserve to stay in the U.S., the government puts four illegals in said liberal's house on their dime.
Posted by: The_Hoser

Wasn't this a large part of throwing the damned red coats out in 1716?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (QVmho)

136 I found an old butter dish up in a cabinet when we were moving in that someone forgot. It got painted white.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 04:15 PM (3uBP9)

Well, I get what you're saying but in my case, I was in LA and bought a house in flyover, over the internet (with a realtor). My first morning here, after sleeping on an air mattress with my cats, I took a shower and got out and was all, holy fuckballs, I have a lavender bathroom! The fuckin' kitchen is the gaggiest shade of mint green. I soldier on but would def have preferred all white, which it looked like in the pics.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (VyqMH)

137
a lot of would be sellers refuse to sell because they locked in a unprecedentedly low mortgage so no matter what they do if they sold and bought another house they'd have to opt into a new mortgage at a much higher rate

hence the fuckery we're in now
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at January 16, 2026 04:13 PM (REq0p)

This would be us! In fact, we are working though how to manage J’s mom moving out of the Alpharetta home and closer to us. J has a really low interest rate - it’s hard for us to think about selling and buying something with a mother in law cottage on it. We have offered to buy the lot behind our house, our neighbor is considering it. But we will still need to build something on it. And by we I mean him, but the point remains.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (OoFl2)

138 What is a ship lap?l"

C'mon people. $20, same....

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR)

139 I am not thrilled with restricting corporations from buying single family homes. But at the very least, they should be governed by the same tax rules we are.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV)

140 Open floor plan, granite counter tops, updated appliances... look at you, cuties!

Posted by: David Bromstad, Gay Realtor at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

141 Larry O'Connor pointed out that the CNN cows had "faces longer than Secretariat " ...

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The judges would have also accepted John F'ing Kerry.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (jQtSL)

142 124 Ship lap siding has a inverted L shap groove on bottom and top has a L shape on top so two pieces lap iver each other
Posted by: Skip

The true stuff does, many of the replicas are basically pressboard with a finish and the joints are simulated. Back when wood was cheap, you would actually see house interior walls built with tongue and groove wood boards. Grandparent's house was built like that.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (WDjG6)

143 We have a VA loan, thank goodness, so we can renegotiate interest rates every year. Rates weren't coming down (thanks aholes in government!), but they finally did this year so we could renegotiate. Shaved $200k off our interest payments over the life of our loan, and dropped an interest point.

I'm hoping the rates plummet further next year, and we can get it to drop even farther!

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:22 PM (gWBY1)

144 Larry O'Connor pointed out that the CNN cows had "faces longer than Secretariat " ...

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The judges would have also accepted John F'ing Kerry.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 04:21 PM (jQtSL)

Sarah Jessica Parker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)

145 I’m baaack.

Posted by: Usntakim at January 16, 2026 04:22 PM (Kwwen)

146 Some people are at 30% and that's insane.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (Yp6az)


It's unsecured debt. It's a terrible investment for the banks unless they are making a ton of interest.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 04:22 PM (n9ltV)

147 One of the few decent things Bush did was cut back the long term capital gains tax on primary homes. Allowing people to withdraw from 401k and reinvest in physical property is in a similar vein. It will drive investment, and probably create more real gains for families over the long term, as opposed to stock investment.

I'm cool with it. It seems to make sense.


I might agree with you, except that you know damn well once people lose their houses and their retirement, the taxpayer will be expected to step up and make them whole.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t)

148 That should have lowered distribution supply chain costs, which should translate to lower retail costs. BUT, it hasn't."

Well, they have here. Just back from local Krogers...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR)

149 Just another sign of a horrible economy, hater!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 04:23 PM (XMwZJ)

150 Make moats popular again.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:24 PM (abIsI)

151 134 > The one part of Trump's affordability plan I don't agree with is credit card rate caps. That only makes the irresponsible more irresponsible.

10% is high. If your credit is so bad you are a bad bet at 10%, you can't handle credit. Some people are at 30% and that's insane.
Posted by: bonhomme
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States used to have usury laws until SD and Delaware made their states attractive to bank card issuers with no upper limit on interest. Joe Biden was involved in that and Hunter got a nepot VP of MNBA because of it back in the day. Eventually most all the issuers gravitated toward the highest interest states.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:24 PM (WDjG6)

152 >>> They'd better not say my sex dungeon and slave pit is out of fashion.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:20 PM (Riz8t)

If you converted your garage into another room and it's in there, yes. That was a bad home investment. Buyers still want garages.

One of my friends turned her garage into a personal gym and yoga studio. She sold it recently, and I never asked her if it messed with her resale value or buyer interest.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:25 PM (gWBY1)

153 We bought at 6.5. Va loan. A few months ago refi soon I hope.

Posted by: Usntakim at January 16, 2026 04:25 PM (Kwwen)

154 I was remodeling our first house and added a den to the back of it. A few blocks away is a quint little village called Bellaire that at time was knocking down WWII era bungalows and replacing then with McMansions.

I pulled shiplap that was placed diagonally on the inside of one that was about to be torn down to use as a decorative wall on my new addition.

That little bungalow also had the same type of covering laid horizontal on the outside with asbestos shingles covering that. Talk about a solid structure!

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (8uzBS)

155 I progressively upgraded my homes until I was able to sell and downsize to where I have no mortgage.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (KDPiq)

156 I have heard for years that tax structure discourages large inventory"

This. It was an easy target.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (XuXeR)

157 Another way to fix housing would be to create a sort of Quarters Act for illegals. If we can tie a liberal directly to a statement, verbal or written, that illegals deserve to stay in the U.S., the government puts four illegals in said liberal's house on their dime.
Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 04:00 PM

--

Wait whu?

Posted by: 3rd Amendment Scholar Hearing the 3rd Amendment Hot Line at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (Qr8uh)

158 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

159 Just put my new dart board up on the over 100 year old farmhouse's ship lap wall. It's blue though, but definitely distressed. Don't mind it getting full of holes. This wall was also signed (carved) by "Peggy" and "Bill" in 1958.

Posted by: Lady Who at January 16, 2026 04:27 PM (JCLJi)

160 Gimme so me love! So who's the gambler here, cuties?

Posted by: David Bromstad, Gay Realtor at January 16, 2026 04:27 PM (UjdFS)

161 Larry O'Connor pointed out that the CNN cows had "faces longer than Secretariat " ...

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The judges would have also accepted John F'ing Kerry.
Posted by: ShainS


Or Sarah Jessica Parket

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (sui1r)

162 In my area, most people use their garages as storage units. I don't get it. Get rid of that crap you don't ever see or use.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

163 > It's unsecured debt. It's a terrible investment for the banks unless they are making a ton of interest.

I get that. Financial institutions sometimes have to be saved from themselves. If the formula's telling the bank the customer needs to be greater than 10% to make financial sense for the bank, they can go without credit.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (Yp6az)

164 155 I progressively upgraded my homes until I was able to sell and downsize to where I have no mortgage.
Posted by: Opinion fact

That is part of the problem with large investors buying houses---they buy up the cheap ones so families can't get started. And the large investors are operating on low cost loans via Wall Street so can easily outbid and pay cash versus a seller having to wait for loan approval for family buyers.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

165 I don't think laws against usury should exist. My farmer Dad bought one of his farms at a near-usurious interest rate. but made it work. It's another tool in the tool kit for those who can handle it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

166 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

How about the fire places in the middle of the room?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

167 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.

A guy who used to work for me bought a house with one. He filled it with plastic balls, a la Chuckie Cheese. His kids liked it.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

168 Typos are courtesy of hydrocodone. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 04:28 PM (sui1r)

169 158 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

I don't get unnecessary stairs/changes in elevation in homes. "Yes, I enjoy comfort and safety. But trip/fall hazards add a little spice."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (zUe/H)

170 158 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

This is where the shag carpeting can save lives.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (VyqMH)

171 You want to sell a house quickly in today's market, ship lap everything. These millennial douchebags seem to love the ship lap."


Really?

Makes your house look like a shotgun shack in Frog's Nipple, Louisiana.


Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (iJfKG)

172 Trying to decide if I want to leave early and take myself out to lunch on the way home.

I love the waterfront. Nice spots. And it’s sunny.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (W2Pud)

173 By the way, did you hear about the guy who bought his mail-order bride on credit?

He paid a uxorious interest rate.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)

174
This post sounds suspiciously like math. But considering the amount of winning here, I'll allow it.

Just don't make it a habit, Wicket.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (y9nCu)

175 Who knows? Maybe a significant number of people will fix their finances if they can't get credit. Wouldn't that be nice?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (Yp6az)

176 But. . . But. . . . But. . . . OrangeMan Bad!!!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (cYBz/)

177 142 124 Ship lap siding has a inverted L shap groove on bottom and top has a L shape on top so two pieces lap iver each other
Posted by: Skip

The true stuff does, many of the replicas are basically pressboard with a finish and the joints are simulated. Back when wood was cheap, you would actually see house interior walls built with tongue and groove wood boards. Grandparent's house was built like that.
Posted by: whig at January 16

I have real shiplap on either side of the fireplace over built ins. I wasn’t interested in the fake stuff, if we were doing it, it needed to be real. And then I painted it black fox, just like the brick on my fireplace and the island in my kitchen. 🤣. I made this entire house Greek Villa or Black Fox, except my foyer. I wallpapered the hades out of that room and it’s my favorite. I wonder about myself sometimes.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (OoFl2)

178 My mom just had a 70-unit apartment complex plopped down next to her upscale gated community. Strangely, it is almost empty after being open for six months.

I'm pretty sure the targeted tenants were to be Government-subsidized illegals and Somali-style fraudsters.

Oops! Oopsie!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (GjEvj)
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What will be interesting is that there has been a rush to build more rentals, because prices were so high. SO potentially the complex was built with a certain price point in mind, a price point no longer supported. They will have to lower rents to fill up.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (GZYu7)

179 I don't get unnecessary stairs/changes in elevation in homes. "Yes, I enjoy comfort and safety. But trip/fall hazards add a little spice."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (zUe/H)

Personally, I think it was the drugs in the 70s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

180 > Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those?
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My mom and dad took us to look at some new homes back in the early - mid 70's. Saw that, and some other wildly 70's stuff. Like a phonebooth, in the den. Wallpaper murals. Weirdly shaped ceiling lights. Intercoms and trash compactors. And our first look at a skylight.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (U2OZr)

181 >>> 175 Who knows? Maybe a significant number of people will fix their finances if they can't get credit. Wouldn't that be nice?
Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (Yp6az)

Crazy talk!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (ULPxl)

182 Or Sarah Jessica Parker
Posted by: rickb223

She had a righteous rack back in the day, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

183 Makes your house look like a shotgun shack in Frog's Nipple, Louisiana.


Posted by: naturalfake

There are a few places for sale in Stinking Creek near here.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 04:31 PM (cYBz/)

184 That is part of the problem with large investors buying houses---they buy up the cheap ones"

And rent them. Your government at work.

(Of course, said companies use flowery language to "address the concerns of the local community", but in reality it's section 8 in 2 5 seconds)

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:31 PM (XuXeR)

185 Sunken living rooms?

*recalls orange shag carpet - shudder*

Posted by: Lady Who at January 16, 2026 04:32 PM (JCLJi)

186 > That is part of the problem with large investors buying houses---they buy up the cheap ones so families can't get started.

Mike Lee proposed freeing up some federal land in Utah for more housing. People freaked out like he was proposing we fill in Bryce Canyon or plug up Old Faithful or something.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:32 PM (Yp6az)

187
Nope. The banks will simply cancel the cards of anyone who doesn't have great credit and the income to pay the card balances. They aren't stupid.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

==

That's exactly what would happen.
Something like 70% of Credit cards would probably be cancelled overnight by the banks.

If you can get 5% interest "risk free" no way you lend 10% interest for unsecured debt unless it's a perfect borrower.

I'm hoping this is just boon bait for the uneducated voters out there that have a lot of cc interest, but it's very reminiscent of student loans being cancelled.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:32 PM (eIzlH)

188 (Of course, said companies use flowery language to "address the concerns of the local community", but in reality it's section 8 in 2 5 seconds)

Can't they just rent places in a Carnival Cruise liner? The ship wouldn't even have to come back to port.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

189 Mike Lee proposed freeing up some federal land in Utah for more housing. People freaked out like he was proposing we fill in Bryce Canyon or plug up Old Faithful or something.
Posted by: bonhomme
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The West has a serious problem where a lot of the land is federally owned. The East doesn't have that problem as much.

And the Federales have more land than they can actually afford to take care off in the West leading to them being bad neighbors often.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:34 PM (WDjG6)

190 162 In my area, most people use their garages as storage units. I don't get it. Get rid of that crap you don't ever see or use.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk


We have a four car garage. A double wide and a single that's extra deep. Technically you could fit two cars stacked in the single bay. We have no superfluous clutter in the garage area. I use my double deep garage as a shop. Our neighbor basically has the same layout. All of their vehicles park in the driveway because the huge garage is stuffed with junk to the ceiling. They're liberals.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 04:34 PM (abIsI)

191 Shiplap is where the catfish sits when the boat folds up on the reef.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 16, 2026 04:34 PM (WQDw6)

192 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

This is where the shag carpeting can save lives.
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:29 PM (VyqMH)
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Mary Tyler Peaches

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)

193 Can't they just rent places in a Carnival Cruise liner?
Posted by: Archimedes

Ghettos on water.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 04:34 PM (cYBz/)

194 The reason houses have become a compelling investment is that we are pushing too many people into relatively small parts of the US.

Since the demand has been constantly increasing and the supply is limited that raises prices...and against consistently over time.

Rather then ban large corporations from buying homes, which might be tricky legally you could get a more direct effect by:

1) Deporting illegals
2) Stopping immigration
3) Reducing federal/state bureaucratic jobs in the big blue cities.

All three of these would lower demand and therefore price. It would also hurt companies with a large investment in houses/apartments in these areas.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

195 I'm all for opening up federal lands for more housing, but that's like a 20 year plan.

How about a freeze on Wall Street/Private Equity owning single family housing?

How about having a code that doesn't reward Airbnb housing ?

This is low hanging fruit.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (eIzlH)

196 The market has cooled here. We bought 60k under original ask Not even a year ago.

Posted by: Usntakim at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (Kwwen)

197 Mike Lee proposed freeing up some federal land in Utah for more housing.

In Europe they are seizing farmland to build tenements for "new comers"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

198 off topic: please take a moment to consider the plight of state of Texas employees...Monday sees Confederate Heroes Day fall directly on top of MLK day.

CHD falls on January 19th every year. MLK is the closest Monday to Jan 19th. What a rip-off!!

Friday 1/19 creates the best kind of four day weekend.

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (8uzBS)

199 What will be interesting is that there has been a rush to build more rentals, because prices were so high"

Nah. It's the handouts. Our tax dollars at work. But hey, the diversity! (And the white women who say "everyone deserves a nice place to live")

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (XuXeR)

200 They should move all federal offices to north Greenland.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 04:36 PM (3uBP9)

201 Rather then ban large corporations from buying homes, which might be tricky legally you could get a more direct effect by:

1) Deporting illegals
2) Stopping immigration
3) Reducing federal/state bureaucratic jobs in the big blue cities.

All three of these would lower demand and therefore price. It would also hurt companies with a large investment in houses/apartments in these areas.


This is my preference. Most of the problems are government created. I don't want to give them another opportunity to screw things up.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

202
a lot of would be sellers refuse to sell because they locked in a unprecedentedly low mortgage so no matter what they do if they sold and bought another house they'd have to opt into a new mortgage at a much higher rate
hence the fuckery we're in now
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger
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This would be us!
Posted by: Piper

Us as well. 2.75%. 30 year note. We'll be paying it off ten years early.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (QVmho)

203 How about having a code that doesn't reward Airbnb housing ?


This came up in my town and so I looked and...there is one rather sad AirBnB property. That isn't why prices doubled under the Junta - instead its demand (immigration) and inflation

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (sKqQm)

204 158 Oh, and conversation pits in your living room are coming back! Does anyone remember those? I was always worried I'd accidentally fall into it in the dark when I was half asleep, if I owned one.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (gWBY1)

I have the half step down to my great room in my townhome...considered raising the floor to get rid of it when my mom was sick, but she passed before I went in on doing that for her...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

205 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (GjEvj)

Yeah the government requires a certain amount of low income housing within the planned community area. The Woodlands in Texas has subsidized apartment complexes relatively near multi million dollar homes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (KDPiq)

206 Recessed floors are dumb; my parents had to modify a couple to make them normal. BUT, when you floor over them, they make an awesome spot for a false floor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM (BI5O2)

207 I'll admit to still having lots of clutter along the sides of our spacious garage. But after having having to scrape windshields in the morning and shiver for the first 10 minutes of my commute in my early driving days I simply cannot grok giving up a garage just to hang on to extra stuff.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 04:38 PM (hhkIi)

208 I have real shiplap on either side of the fireplace over built ins. I wasn’t interested in the fake stuff, if we were doing it, it needed to be real. And then I painted it black fox, just like the brick on my fireplace and the island in my kitchen. 🤣. I made this entire house Greek Villa or Black Fox, except my foyer. I wallpapered the hades out of that room and it’s my favorite. I wonder about myself sometimes.
Posted by: Piper
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Repainting is no big deal, removal of shiplap, slightly more if you have to replace the drywall behind it. Wallpaper is okay except when people don't size the drywall (if new and unpainted) before hanging the wall paper. Also people that keep applying new wallpaper over old or painting the old wallpaper.

Both are major PITA to remove. The first because it causes drywall damage to remove, the second because steamers and chemicals aren't designed to remove multiple layers of wall paper.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:39 PM (WDjG6)

209 This came up in my town and so I looked and...there is one rather sad AirBnB property. That isn't why prices doubled under the Junta - instead its demand (immigration) and inflation
Posted by: 18-1

==

All real estate is local.

This is very much an issue in large swaths of the US.

For some ridiculous reason, the tax code allows accelerated depreciation ONLY if you make it an AirBnB. Short term rentals.

These things are basically just hotel properties.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:40 PM (eIzlH)

210 I’m still here, and tonight I’m having dinner with Congress. Again. My treat!!

Posted by: Electoral Fraud at January 16, 2026 04:40 PM (63An5)

211 a lot of would be sellers refuse to sell because they locked in a unprecedentedly low mortgage so no matter what they do if they sold and bought another house they'd have to opt into a new mortgage at a much higher rate
hence the fuckery we're in now


There is that and then also the problem of taxes too. Do to the Junta's policies my house almost doubled in value. Now its gone down a little under Trump.

If I were to sell, I would first have to consider that my mortgage rate for a new house would be higher BUT also I don't want to sell it in a year where I am making a good salary since it will increase the taxes I have to pay...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:40 PM (sKqQm)

212 Every time I see a 70's house with a "conversation pit" I hear porn music and see nothing but unkempt bushes and 'staches all over those things.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 04:40 PM (5aZAZ)

213 Buying (or building) a house, living in it*, improving it and selling it has been the lifeblood of this country -- this world -- since mobility became a thing 200 years ago. The liquidity that arose from this built a new civilization.

*the most important part, for an orderr of magnitude of reasons.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 16, 2026 04:40 PM (Qr8uh)

214 196 The market has cooled here. We bought 60k under original ask Not even a year ago.
Posted by: Usntakim at January

It hasn’t cooled much here, maybe a little in that things stay on the market just a bit longer. But the prices are honestly insane where I am and where Toby is. If you go out just a hair, it’s more reasonable. I am not willing to do that, however, and I guess no one else is either, hence the pricing.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 04:41 PM (OoFl2)

215 205 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 04:04 PM (GjEvj)

Yeah the government requires a certain amount of low income housing within the planned community area. The Woodlands in Texas has subsidized apartment complexes relatively near multi million dollar homes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM
Double plus ungood in zombietimes.

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 04:41 PM (cd3eP)

216 Bonus points no stars. Lift in the garage. I can roll in and out. No thresholds anywhere. Roll in shower. Grab bars. Roll out deck. Fully accessible. And under list. Great buy.

Posted by: Usntakim at January 16, 2026 04:41 PM (Kwwen)

217 If I were to sell, I would first have to consider that my mortgage rate for a new house would be higher BUT also I don't want to sell it in a year where I am making a good salary since it will increase the taxes I have to pay...
Posted by: 18-1

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You get the first $500k "tax free" of gains when you sell your home.

There's obviously a lot of people that have blown past this, but it's a pretty big cushion.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:42 PM (eIzlH)

218
People freaked out like he was proposing we fill in Bryce Canyon or plug up Old Faithful or something.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 04:32 PM (Yp6az)



Where else can old desiccated hippies pass you on the hiking trail and berate you for walking leisurely rather than adjutant walking? I used to get the same fucking hippie couple passing me clapping with big smiles of contempt as they barked "C'mon, pick up the pace!" as if they were "encouraging" me. Even though I was doing a 9 mile loop to the summit, and they were only doing a quick 1.5 to 2 miles. I swear, that's the only thing that wilderness land is good for to the hippies, as a means of expressing their contempt for lesser untermenschen.

They don't like it when you growl at them to mind their own goddam business.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (y9nCu)

219 Trump is like Sisyphus, rolling the rock of economic growth up the mountain of globalist fraud.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (0U5gm)

220 I have a bunch of shiplap based 70's era murals stashed in my storage unit.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (cYBz/)

221 Recessed floors are dumb; my parents had to modify a couple to make them normal. BUT, when you floor over them, they make an awesome spot for a false floor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

The small town I grew up in in SW Michigan was host to several sites on the Underground Railroad. The street that my house was on had a huge mansion on the corner. My older brother was friends with the kid whose family lived there, and he remembers their playing in secret compartments in the walls that were used to hide escaped slaves.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)

222

Yeah the government requires a certain amount of low income housing within the planned community area. The Woodlands in Texas has subsidized apartment complexes relatively near multi million dollar homes.
Posted by: Opinion

This is exactly the kind of fuckery i want Trump to get rid of. I know not all of them are scum bag criminals, but if i wanted a house in a low income hood, i would have deliberately stolen one and killed off the gang bangers already there.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:44 PM (QVmho)

223 This is very much an issue in large swaths of the US.

I've stayed in AirBnBs in touristy areas and there are certainly a lot more there.

But...if the AirBnBs weren't there some of that housing land would be formal hotels anyway wouldn't it?

And I mean when I compare areas that have been touristy for a long time with "new hotness" areas the primary difference is fewer hotels and more AirBnBs in those "new hotness" areas - but honestly it seems like a push. There is demand for temporary housing of one type or another.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm)

224 They don't like it when you growl at them to mind their own goddam business.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (y9nCu)
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If I had a buck for every time I got some dumbass comment from some old dipshit in a Patagonia vest and Teva sandals I'd buy a really nice fishing rod.

Those people are friggin terrible.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 04:44 PM (5aZAZ)

225 The Joe Biden Library is his garage.

The Obama's garage is where Big Mike does her Pilates and yoga.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:45 PM (BSdIE)

226 I swear, that's the only thing that wilderness land is good for to the hippies, as a means of expressing their contempt for lesser untermenschen.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

You miss a perfect opportunity to deploy the bear spray.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 04:45 PM (cYBz/)

227 You get the first $500k "tax free" of gains when you sell your home.

That's for married couples.

And yes I am over the single filer allotment.

I mean I'm not exactly complaining though it has exploded my taxes and I bought this house to live in not flip for a sales investment.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

228 Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)

That's interesting!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:46 PM (8Xy/A)

229 But...if the AirBnBs weren't there some of that housing land would be formal hotels anyway wouldn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm)
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Not without the land being A) sold to a developer and B) rezoned from Residential to Commercial by the local authority.

STRs are a fucking blight.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 04:47 PM (5aZAZ)

230 I've stayed in AirBnBs in touristy areas and there are certainly a lot more there.

But...if the AirBnBs weren't there some of that housing land would be formal hotels anyway wouldn't it?

And I mean when I compare areas that have been touristy for a long time with "new hotness" areas the primary difference is fewer hotels and more AirBnBs in those "new hotness" areas - but honestly it seems like a push. There is demand for temporary housing of one type or another.
Posted by: 18-1

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The problem isn't space, it's taking supply off the market. If a new hotel goes up in a commercial part of town, it's not going to effect the american dream of home ownership.

Where do you live? You clearly dont live in an area where this is a thing.

There's entire blocks in my area that are just AirBnB houses.

I've had friends try and buy houses for to just live in and out of state AirBnb investors swoop in and outbid them.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:47 PM (eIzlH)

231 As I mentioned before, states need to raise residential property taxes while drastically cutting their rates for the homestead exemption. This will flush all those short term rentals out of corporate hands and make them more affordable for first time homebuyers.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 16, 2026 04:47 PM (FO06m)

232
222 Posted by: BifBewalski


Bwahahahaahaha! That last post was my Army MOS, i was a 222B, then a 222C.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:47 PM (QVmho)

233 O/T FNC's running with live coverage from Utah in the courtroom with the dweeb lib judge listening to the back and forth about the prosecution saying the killing was witnessed by Kirk's wife and baby.

I'm yelling at the TV, hey, HEY, can we just get on with the trial and convict this asshole?

No, we cannot. This "due process" shit will drag on and on and on, the left throwing any stone the can in the road, to sow doubt.

There is not a jurisdiction in this huge wide country that could impanel a jury free from at least one leftist juror.

This killer is going to strut out at the end of this joke of a trial, a free man, a hero of the left.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 16, 2026 04:48 PM (KiBMU)

234 I mean I'm not exactly complaining though it has exploded my taxes and I bought this house to live in not flip for a sales investment.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04

And if you sell, you will be spending just as much on something else, and moving is a pain, so why bother.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 04:48 PM (OoFl2)

235 >> C'mon, pick up the pace!" as if they were "encouraging" me.

A lot of the same type are now mountaineering.

When I watch the shows on climbing Everest I’m usually cheering for the mountain.

Does that make me a bad person?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:48 PM (AaEou)

236 I really wanted Iran to fall by now. Was really looking forward to it. Guess I’ll have to wait till next week. Bummer.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 16, 2026 04:49 PM (QEEX1)

237 The reason mortgage rates are down is due to a Biden administration PowerPoint slide deck that explained the meaning of affordable. Once again Trump is just coat tailing on all this.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 16, 2026 04:49 PM (HTCU3)

238 Whenever I talk to LIVs I do try and take this back to a simple discussion of supply and demand.

Why is a house out in the boonies generally worth less? Well there is less demand right? If its not near jobs or scenery or weather a home owner might want fewer people want that house and therefore the price is lower.

Now, consider we've been importing 10s of millions of people. Doesn't matter legal, illegal, whatever, they have to live somewhere. And therefore they are going to raise the demand and therefore the cost...and especially in blue areas "friendly to immigrants". So Mr LIV you are directly voting to raise the cost of houses and apartments where you live. Now you tell me its a right, fine, then you have to accept this is the cost you are going to pay for that. Or...maybe you aren't so sure its a right considering how much it is costing you directly?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

239 219 Trump is like Sisyphus, rolling the rock of economic growth up the mountain of globalist fraud.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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One of the major components was to deengage from globalism by destroying the big sucking sound of American wealth that Wall Street firms relied upon to make bank.

That 20 percent drop in Chinese imports means more jobs here in the US and thus increased GDP.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:50 PM (WDjG6)

240 As I mentioned before, states need to raise residential property taxes while drastically cutting their rates for the homestead exemption. This will flush all those short term rentals out of corporate hands and make them more affordable for first time homebuyers.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

==

I'd support that, but just the federal tax code is absurd.

If you buy a home as a resident, you don't get to immediately "depreciate" that off your taxes. If you buy a rental property, you dont get this tax treatment either.

But if you buy a SHORT TERM rental property, you get this crazy amount of depreciation you can write off.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:50 PM (eIzlH)

241 No more septic systems and I must have natural gas. Is that too much to ask?

Apparently it is in many places.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (AaEou)

242 This killer is going to strut out at the end of this joke of a trial, a free man, a hero of the left.
Posted by: M. Gaga
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I doubt it.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (WDjG6)

243 I booked an AirBnB recently and every house within 2 blocks in every direction was an AirBnB. Very nice property, but I suspect some large corporation rolled in and scooped it all up.

Certainly priced way out the range of a single family.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (BSdIE)

244 Oh lads! GREAT video, and Lefty tears, over on this Reddit thread:
https://tinyurl.com/4ftnepkm

A local fire department shows up with a ladder truck to help ICE go up and detain illegals. Libs cry, betrayed by the fire dept lol.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (ycI94)

245 Our last mortgage was 3.25% in 2018. I don't know when or if ever we will see rates like that again.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (0N4FZ)

When I moved a few years ago, very early 2021, I had to buy this house before selling the last house. I had no mortgage so it was doable. We borrowed around 280K, the rate was a little under 3%.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 04:52 PM (snZF9)

246
That 20 percent drop in Chinese imports means more jobs here in the US and thus increased GDP.
Posted by: whig

That has no impact on our economy at all.

Posted by: The diminutive, and ignorant, Robert Reich at January 16, 2026 04:52 PM (cYBz/)

247 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)

248 Congress needs to get off its lazy ass and increase the capital gains exemption for the sale of private homes.

I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (n9ltV)

249 Why wouldn't the response be for card issuers to just not issue cards to people who they feel are too big a risk given the cap?

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THAT'S RAAAAAYYYYCIIIISSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (syu79)

250 I booked an AirBnB recently and every house within 2 blocks in every direction was an AirBnB. Very nice property, but I suspect some large corporation rolled in and scooped it all up.

Certainly priced way out the range of a single family.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

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Exactly, and to what benefit?

I'd rather young families be able to buy that housing than some private Equity group making a few extra bucks.

If you want to know why young people are gravitating towards socialism, it's this. The feel like they are serfs.

People get way more conservative when they own their own house.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (eIzlH)

251 Apparently it is in many places.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (AaEou)

Stick to your guns, Marcus. In my naivete I bought an all-electric place and I'd pretty much kill for gas (stove/furnace). I could do it for about 10 grand total but I'm too old to deal with the inconvenience of having that scope of work done.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (VyqMH)

252 The problem isn't space, it's taking supply off the market. If a new hotel goes up in a commercial part of town, it's not going to effect the american dream of home ownership.

Where do you live? You clearly dont live in an area where this is a thing.


Like I said, I'm not in a touristy area. But aren't those touristy areas just going to slowly move away from home ownership to temporary housing anyway whether its hotels or AirBnBs. Yes in the short term zoning is different but in the long term that doesn't matter - the money people are looking to spend will get the town to change that zoning eventually so if you do restrict one type of temporary housing you'll just get the other.

And to be clear I don't own any rental properties so I'm not trying to justify an investment I myself made.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm)

253 If Ace doesn't have a Kathleen Kennedy post in the pipeline or about to post, then I don't know what to think about the world.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 04:54 PM (dK+Kv)

254 Japanese always sounds harsher to me.

Chinese and Korean I'd be at a loss.

German, Italian and Spanish I could tell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

255 Seiko sent me a new watch because the one Amazon sold me was irreparable. Yeah, it was set to Tokyo time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 04:54 PM (3UR/I)

256 Stick to your guns, Marcus. In my naivete I bought an all-electric place and I'd pretty much kill for gas (stove/furnace). I could do it for about 10 grand total but I'm too old to deal with the inconvenience of having that scope of work done.
Posted by: Peaches

===

I'd probably pay the $10k to have the gas. Just for the grill alone.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 04:55 PM (eIzlH)

257 247 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)
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I can discern most of the ones you listed. I don't think I'd be able to discern any of the Nordic languages from one another, just because I've not been exposed to them. Japanese vs. Chinese is easy. Korean is a little more difficult. Thai, Lao, and Vietnamese are trickier for me.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 04:55 PM (5aZAZ)

258 booked an AirBnB recently and every house within 2 blocks in every direction was an AirBnB"

So, demand filled. No problem, and frankly, they aren't starter homes, either.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)

259 Seiko sent me a new watch because the one Amazon sold me was irreparable. Yeah, it was set to Tokyo time.

So you are saying you had to tune in Tokyo?

Posted by: Girls Just Want to Have Fun at January 16, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

260 >> Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (VyqMH)

I love the look on a real estate agents face when I tell them this is required. Especially in Texas.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:56 PM (AaEou)

261 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)

Euro languages? Sure. Asian languages, fuck no.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 04:56 PM (VyqMH)

262 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)

I do far better with European languages than I do the Eastern. Partly because I speak some German. French, German Spanish and Italian are very easy. Dutch sounds like an American trying to speak German. Portuguese will trip me up sometimes. Scandavhoovian, not really good. They all sound like icebacks to me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 04:57 PM (0aYVJ)

263 People get way more conservative when they own their own house.

Wouldn't the bigger problem really be urbanization then? Which also tends to make people more leftwing

I've been arguing the right should have specific anti-urban policies for a while TBH - get people out of the cities and they'll be a lot less collectivist...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)

264 Stick to your guns, Marcus. In my naivete I bought an all-electric place and I'd pretty much kill for gas (stove/furnace). I could do it for about 10 grand total but I'm too old to deal with the inconvenience of having that scope of work done.

Posted by: Peaches


One thing I refuse to have in a house is an electric stove and furnace. My first house as a 22 year old, I didn't know that, but learned quickly.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 04:58 PM (0U5gm)

265 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?

Since I briefly studied Mandarin in college, I can usually discern it, or a related language.

And maybe Japanese, from words and phrases I picked up from guys in the Navy.

Korean? Not a clue, except in writing. It's writing is the one with the circles.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)

266
If Ace doesn't have a Kathleen Kennedy post in the pipeline or about to post, then I don't know what to think about the world.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Probably still dealing with a four hour problem. Pray for garrett and his croks.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:59 PM (QVmho)

267 262 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)


Rosie O'Donnell can help with that:


https://youtu.be/0qINiw6ub5U

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 04:59 PM (2Ez/1)

268 >>> 247 Off Topic, but do you think most Americans can distinguish Korean, Japanese, or Chinese when they hear them spoke What about French, German, and Italian? Or are all foreign languages just gabba gabba goo to most people?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)

I would bet no for Korean / Japanese / Chinese and yes for French / German / Italian.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

269 Our little town on the lake has all kinds of problems getting the short term rental market sorted out.

Having summer visitors is great, even if they are FIP's, but it does create a wacky real estate market.

Fortunately, the Hoosiers don't stay the night. After a day on the beach spent emptying their mags at each other, they go home. Or to jail.

Posted by: Leo Dicaprio at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (8AONa)

270 Recessed floors are dumb; my parents had to modify a couple to make them normal. BUT, when you floor over them, they make an awesome spot for a false floor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 04:37 PM


You keep your weed in there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (jc0TO)

271 Probably still dealing with a four hour problem. Pray for garrett and his croks.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 04:59 PM (QVmho)

Ace rocked Garrett's crocs off?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (dK+Kv)

272 Korean? Not a clue, except in writing. It's writing is the one with the circles.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)
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Thai says hello.

But yeah the Hangul alphabet is super easy to differentiate from all the others.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (5aZAZ)

273 I've been arguing the right should have specific anti-urban policies for a while TBH - get people out of the cities and they'll be a lot less collectivist...
Posted by: 18-1

I've always thought a tax rate based on the density of your living area would help. The more dense, the higher the rates. Although, sprawl does cost a lot more in terms of government services...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (ycI94)

274 I can tell difference of Spanish and Portuguese
And get eastern European but never sure what, like Hungarian or not.
French, Geman and Italian are easy to tell

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)

275 Wouldn't the bigger problem really be urbanization then? Which also tends to make people more leftwing

I've been arguing the right should have specific anti-urban policies for a while TBH - get people out of the cities and they'll be a lot less collectivist...
Posted by: 18-1

==

The short term rental issue is definitely effecting non-urban areas. Suburbs especially. Single family housing.

There's not a lot of single family housing in say NYC or other dense urban areas.

If anything, I think the huge cost increases might be pushing people into the cities and just renting apartments.

It used to be you went out to the suburbs and could afford a decent sized house.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 05:01 PM (eIzlH)

276 I recognize Cantonese.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 05:02 PM (jc0TO)

277 Nood NY Communist.

That doesn’t narrow it down much I’ll grant you

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 16, 2026 05:02 PM (36bTp)

278 241 No more septic systems and I must have natural gas. Is that too much to ask?

Apparently it is in many places.
Posted by: Marcus T

Nothing wrong with septic unless you are raising elephants.

Posted by: If It Don't Flush, Don't Fuss, Call Us at January 16, 2026 05:02 PM (oftw2)

279 >>> 257

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I can discern most of the ones you listed. I don't think I'd be able to discern any of the Nordic languages from one another, just because I've not been exposed to them. Japanese vs. Chinese is easy. Korean is a little more difficult. Thai, Lao, and Vietnamese are trickier for me.
Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 04:55 PM (5aZAZ)

Aren't Swedish / Norwegian / Danish essentially the same with slight pronunciation and written language variations?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

280 The problem we see here 20 miles outside of Austin is that it's very difficult for small businesses like restaurants, bars, salons, etc. to stay open, because the people that work those jobs cannot afford to live near their place of employment, and as soon as they find a job they don't have to commute an hour to, they take that job, and we're short yet another waitress.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (5aZAZ)

281 Stick to your guns, Marcus. In my naivete I bought an all-electric place and I'd pretty much kill for gas (stove/furnace). I could do it for about 10 grand total but I'm too old to deal with the inconvenience of having that scope of work done.

Our current house was all electric when we moved in. First thing I did was bring in gas. CenterPoint installed the meter for no charge.

"dang! free!?!"
yep. when your neighbors find out they'll want it too.

He was right, six years later they be getting gas all over the place. Might have been the generator that did it but now I have stove, tankless water heater and grill. Will add house heater and dryer when they get replaced.

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 05:03 PM (8uzBS)

282 243 I booked an AirBnB recently and every house within 2 blocks in every direction was an AirBnB. Very nice property, but I suspect some large corporation rolled in and scooped it all up.

Certainly priced way out the range of a single family.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (BSdIE)

All the small, early 20th century homes in San Antonio near the Pearl and downtown are either deferred maintenance (because they knew they could sell to investors who would fix them up so why bother?) or short term rentals.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 16, 2026 05:04 PM (FO06m)

283 NOOD

Quick Hits

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 05:07 PM (ULPxl)

284 Fortunately, the Hoosiers don't stay the night. After a day on the beach spent emptying their mags at each other, they go home. Or to jail.

Posted by: Leo Dicaprio at January 16, 2026 05:00 PM (8AONa)

More properly referred to as Indianimals.

Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2026 05:08 PM (VyqMH)

285 French, German and Italian, both me and my wife can handle. Lived in Europe for a years. Asian languages are beyond me, I don't even try.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (vV6n9)

286 We have ship lap in our house - every interior wall. The house was built in 1907, and back then they would stretch cheesecloth over the entire wall, then paste wallpaper over that.

No insulation to speak of - so as we remodeled each room, we took the ship lap down, installed insulation batting, then put the ship lap back in place. Covered the walls with sheet rock and went from there.

One thing is for sure - our house isn't gonna fall down anytime soon!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 05:09 PM (79IuU)

287 No more septic systems and I must have natural gas. Is that too much to ask?

Apparently it is in many places.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:51 PM (AaEou)

Its a big piss off with me. At one end of my street they got sewers, at my end we got septic. Up at the top of the street, 100 yards past me, they got gas lines. Again, we got squat, so I have oil. At the top of my street is an area between 2 different gas companies. The gas company that has jurisdiction says tough shit, no gas for you. The gas company right there at the line says no problem, we can run you gas, but the other company has to sign off on it, and they won't. The reason? Dickhead gas company says it would make them look bad for not running gas. My neighbor has been fighting for years to get gas. He filled me in on all this bullshit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 05:11 PM (snZF9)

288
A lot of the same type are now mountaineering.

When I watch the shows on climbing Everest I’m usually cheering for the mountain.

Does that make me a bad person?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 04:48 PM (AaEou)




Have you seen photos of the Everest base camps? The higher you go, the more they look like a city municipal dump, or a homeless camp under the interstate. Trash everywhere, because dumbass white environmentalists aren't fit enough to be able to pack out all their refuse.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 05:12 PM (y9nCu)

289 Honestly, I'm strongly opposed to corporations owning single family homes. I'd also get rid of the short-term rental market, to the extent that the owner must live onsite to rent out rooms or guest houses. No corporations or distant owners.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:36 PM (tV890)

290 5% growth is stunning. That is 5% with tariffs, with illegals getting the boot, with a war in Ukraine, with the D shut down, with Ds doing everything possible to sabotage everything, etc. is staggering. It'd be 7% absent all that crap.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:39 PM (tV890)

291 Making things cost less is racist.

Posted by: You Got To Be Shitting Me at January 16, 2026 05:54 PM (ylYlz)

Trump Again Warns Walz and Frey: Start Enforcing the Law, Or Federal Troops Are Coming

I don't hear Democrats taunting "Trump Always Chickens Out now.


"In Minnesota, the Troublemakers, Agitators, and Insurrectionists are, in many cases, highly paid professionals. The Governor and Mayor don't know what to do, they have totally lost control, and our currently being rendered, USELESS!" Trump posted on Truth Social. "If, and when, I am forced to act, it will be solved, QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY!"


...

The 1807 Insurrection Act allows the president to use the military to enforce civil law and disperse demonstrators "[w]henever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings."

Insurrection Barbie
@DefiyantlyFree

Some fun facts:

1. The Insurrection Act has been invoked 30 times by 17 different presidents.

2. In fact, 37% of American presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act.

3. It was invoked to deal with rebellions and uprisings.

What are rebellions and uprisings?

Examples:

- Armed groups openly defied federal law

- State or local authorities could not or would not enforce federal law

- Violence or organized resistance threatened the authority of the federal government

- Courts were blocked, taxes couldn’t be collected, or officials were attacked

Look I just described Minnesota.


Luke Taylor comments on antifa's tactics in the above video:


Luke
@LukeTaylorUSA

Pause for a moment and notice something..

Look at this video from the perspective of "layers"

Layer 1: you have frontline agitators who physically encroach but do nothing else aside from yell & hurl vulgarity

Layer 2: Behind layer1 you have those I call grapplers. They will swoop in and shove or pull on an agent then fall back behind layer1.

Layer 3: Noise & light obstructionists. They blow whistles, bullhorns, honk car horns, beat on drums or trash can lids.. maximum auditory infusion to make a scene appear to be chaotic. To appear to be out of control

Layer 4: The "press people". These people have vests on and press badges but are not members of any press corps. They immediately move to capture images and video of any action by agents. They are constantly taking pictures of agents faces. Every image is scoured later for any and all ways to doxx or publicly ID law enforcement for obvious reasons

Every bit of this is optics. Every bit of this is rehearsed & practiced. These people have training. These videos are a production so they can frame law enforcement with selectively edited video with one goal in mind... one end-state objective:

To erode public support of Operarion At Large

They need sound bites & slick video clips to run on the evening news cycle (the MSM are their allies in this end-state objective)

That's what this is all about

It's a play straight out of the psychological operations manual being used against law enforcement by a communist insurgency

They have training. They have funding. They have singular purpose. This is an insurgency


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1 BLADE IS ...

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

2 ... FIRST

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

3 I was hoping for the last thread

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (zWGac)

4 First?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (2uFUy)

5 Leave the poor goats alone

Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (t+VLa)

6 How about send in the Minnesota National Guard?

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (SSiCQ)

7

"To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."

- Hakeem Jeffries

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (pkeXY)

8 While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.

This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.


Also, the Middle East. For some values of "quiet reflection time".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

9 1 BLADE IS ...
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

indeed

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (SSiCQ)

10 Nuts!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (2uFUy)

11 Trump is not bluffing

Posted by: kallisto at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (dCxaZ)

12

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (DDJSl)

13 Hakeem Jeffries is a charisma black hole. He's the least inspiring Dem since Harry Reid.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

14 Awww, that therapy goat.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)

15 Somalis know a thing or two about reflection time with goats..

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (YwEeS)

16 >> While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.

Well, a lot of them are Muslims- so…

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (0RGA5)

17 Maybe when the Fed troops swoop in, they can grab Walz and deport him to...

somewhere

maybe Keir Starmer's house

Posted by: kallisto at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (dCxaZ)

18 Quiet goats. Goats who won't talk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 02:45 PM (pkeXY)

19 >>>While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents

It it, the f-, it, flame, flames. Flames . . . on the side of my face . . . breathing- breathle-, heaving breaths.

--Madeline Kahn

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:45 PM (SSiCQ)

20 Screeeech.. let him go.. Let him go... Screeeech.. LOL... Just made my day

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 02:45 PM (VE6XX)

21 @LukeTaylorUSA
Pause for a moment and notice something..

Look at this video from the perspective of "layers"
...
Every bit of this is optics. Every bit of this is rehearsed & practiced. These people have training. These videos are a production so they can frame law enforcement with selectively edited video with one goal in mind... one end-state objective:

++++
Yes, because far from being "just an idea,", Antifa is a well-organized system. It is, bear with me, an organization. As an organization, it engages in street-level violent action to cause fear and force compliance with its objectives.

If only there were a term for such an organization.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:45 PM (GyQIQ)

22
Where is PETA? I worry about those perverts getting anywhere near innocent baby goats.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 02:46 PM (w6EFb)

23 >> Hakeem Jeffries

Bring it, retard. Btw who cut your hair, Lawn Boy?

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 02:46 PM (0RGA5)

24 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney's Office emailed staff inviting them to a "healing circle" with "therapy goats."

While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.

This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.

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Sure, but it needn't be Minneapolis. It's actually surprising that this is Minneapolis.

Take out the references to who did it and why, and I would assume that it happened in Silicon Valley.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:46 PM (GyQIQ)

25 I pray for the goats!

Posted by: Moonbeam at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (rbKZ6)

26 Stop warning and do it.

You can't warn a child that has learned it can get away with anything.

You have to punish them, HARSHLY, and then the warnings work.

Stop warning and make an example.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (cuae1)

27 Wow.

GDP hits 5.5%.

Meaning the American economy is now growing faster than China.


(Ed: and that assumes you believe the Chinese numbers, which nobody does)

- Productivity growth tripled
- Wages are growing 3.8%
- Layoffs are the lowest since 2022
- Inflation is just 1.7% per Truflation


https://is.gd/AEVlgZ

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (Riz8t)

28
Somalis, goats, some assembly not required please.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (n5tGW)

29 I wouldn't sell or lend my goat to that crowd, if I had one.

Posted by: I Do Have A Billy Goat Blower at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (oftw2)

30 > �healing circle� with �therapy goats.�

Or, as it's known in Somalia, "date night".

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (IG3/x)

31 I'm concerned for the baby goats safety in light of all the Somalians in Minnesota

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (ClDUJ)

32 Someone say baby goat?

Posted by: Achmed, Baby Goat Fucker at January 16, 2026 02:48 PM (bNf8H)

33 >If only there were a term for such an organization.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:45 PM (GyQIQ)

A vigorous application of hickory shampoo will go a long way toward eradicating the vermin.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 16, 2026 02:48 PM (GTqXr)

34 13 Hakeem Jeffries is a charisma black hole. He's the least inspiring Dem since Harry Reid.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

a charisma void

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:48 PM (SSiCQ)

35 They need "safe space" goats.
Unreal.


Exit question: how safe will the goats feel?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:48 PM (LlV+5)

36 There's more people there with cameras then protestors....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (VE6XX)

37 Baby goats?!?

Nobody alive likes baby goats more than DanMa'am. She wants me to pass by her goat friends at every chance so she can wave and say hi to the goats.

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (8uzBS)

38 > 6 How about send in the Minnesota National Guard?
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (SSiCQ)

Better to send the Guard from a different state. Doesn't matter, if they're federalized, and you don't have to worry about potential divided loyalties.

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (IG3/x)

39 Read this by Robby Starbuck on X. Best thing I've read on solutions to the MN insurrection situation and agree 1,000%:


https://tinyurl.com/8nusctwt

Posted by: beckster at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (I7J98)

40 36 There's more people there with cameras then protestors....

Yes, but as is explained, many of them are not journalists, they're participants cosplaying as journalists. Not that there's any difference in how they'll present what's happening.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (Riz8t)

41 Nobody alive likes baby goats more than DanMa'am. She wants me to pass by her goat friends at every chance so she can wave and say hi to the goats.
Posted by: DanMan

I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (77rzZ)

42 ... Stop warning and make an example.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (cuae1)
++++
He *really* doesn't want to. Sending troops to invade American cities is a rubicon moment. We may have to cross that rubicon - and I think it would be fully justified if we do - but I am sure he would prefer not to. If he can bully them into compliance, that would be preferable to forcibly occupying an American city, imposing martial law, instituting curfews and searches, ramping up detainment, etc. I think he will do it if bullying fails, but it will be very hard to manage it in terms of "how it plays in Peoria" and may trigger massive actions in other Antifa stronghold cities.

It's a dangerous game all around. Better not to play it, but it's also a game where *all* players have to agree not to play. The hard left wants to play, and therefore everyone *has* to play.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (GyQIQ)

43 You are hereby put on notice."

- Hakeem Jeffries


Shaddup and wait your turn.

- President Donald J. Trump


(Wishful thinking)

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (M0V4/)

44
I've posted the relevant sections of the IA here before, and won't do it again, but here's a .pdf link to the full text:
https://tinyurl.com/45f7hy2r

Sec 331 is the "voluntary" section. That's when the governor of a state requests federal help. Sec. 332 and 333 are the involuntary provisions, where the president acts on his own. 332 is about enforcing federal law. 333 is about even enforcing state laws if the local authorities are unwilling or unable to do so -- it's sort of a total breakdown of law and order thing.

Posse Comitatus doesn't apply, and the full military can be used, regular forces.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (w6EFb)

45 >>Look at this video from the perspective of "layers"

Layer 1: you have frontline agitators. . . .



zombie described this years ago.

These are tried and true tactics the various Left rioters have used, because they are all funded and trained by the samepeople.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:51 PM (LlV+5)

46 SEND IN THE JAMAICANS!!!!

Jamaicans make a wonderful dish called "Jamaican Goat Curry." Scotch bonnet peppers, coconut milk, ginger, fresh tomato sauce, potato chunks, and a curry marinated goat meat.

Good stuff...and if you're advocating for goats to improve my mood, this is the way to do it.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 02:51 PM (dIske)

47 Remember, according to the Imam, if you succumb to temptation with one of your, or your village's goats, you must sell the goat, but it is haram to sell it in your village, or in the next village. You may, however, sell it in the village beyond the next village.

Aloha Snackbar!

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at January 16, 2026 02:51 PM (0sNs1)

48 >>etter to send the Guard from a different state. Doesn't matter, if they're federalized, and you don't have to worry about potential divided loyalties.
___
Would love to see the Mississippi National Guard roll in and crack some SmartGlasses.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 16, 2026 02:52 PM (bNf8H)

49 It's a play straight out of the psychological operations manual being used against law enforcement by a communist insurgency

They have training. They have funding. They have singular purpose. This is an insurgency
-
Everyone involved is culpable, therefore maximum force against the entire crowd is the appropriate response.

Don't give them a martyr here or their to whine about. Wipe out the entire mass so that anyone thinking of joining them is afraid to, and no one in the future will be tempted to follow their path.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 02:52 PM (vSvIl)

50 >>I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.


They also climb trees, lol
https://tinyurl.com/32hnv6tw

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:52 PM (LlV+5)

51 38 > 6 How about send in the Minnesota National Guard?
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (SSiCQ)

Better to send the Guard from a different state. Doesn't matter, if they're federalized, and you don't have to worry about potential divided loyalties.

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (IG3/x)

That would be a tiny War Between the States, though--or immediately labeled as such. Full disclosure: I am completely ignorant on all of this. My thinking was: local, statewide, military, ready to go.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (SSiCQ)

52 The therapy goats will need therapy after dealing with those nutballs.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (h/O4U)

53 See if I as avg white guy wanted to have a protest I would have to get a permit and follow all kinds of rules.

Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (n5tGW)

54 The healing circle is from 12-1 pm.
Lunchtime.
That's a hard pass, even if they had puppies.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (NpAcC)

55 I'm tired of the umpteenth iteration of "Stop doing A or we'll do B". Just do B. Stop talking about it, do it.

Do B until they scream and cower then do it more. Do B so much that people even like me go to bed at night and worry, "have we gone to far?" and then slap me hard and yell, "NO PUSSY, WE HAVEN'T DONE B ENOUGH!" and then keep doing B. Do B until the B stick is worn and broken then buy a new B stick and keep doing B.

Posted by: banana Dream - while(true) do B at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (3uBP9)

56 Maybe it's time for the 42nd Street militia to reclaim the streets?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (2WIwB)

57 Might have been better to blitz them before they had time to dig their heels in and set the Media Narrative.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (uEmCf)

58 37 Baby goats?!?

Nobody alive likes baby goats more than DanMa'am. She wants me to pass by her goat friends at every chance so she can wave and say hi to the goats.
Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (8uzBS)

baby sharks

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (SSiCQ)

59
I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM

They do eat poison oak but they eat it after they've eaten everything else first.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (ClDUJ)

60 Those ICE agents have the patience of saints, and their ability to focus with all the invectives being hurled, and the shoving, and the whistles and fucking vuvuzelas, is amazing.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (kpS4V)

61 I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (77rzZ)
++++
Yes. And they virtually cannot be contained. They climb. They jump. They run. They head-butt and attack for any reason or no reason at all.

Miserable creatures. Their best purpose is to be chained up in a highway median to act as lawnmowers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (GyQIQ)

62 I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.

they're edible at that stage...DanMa'am is a great cook

Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (8uzBS)

63 Hmm. I wonder if the goats are actually the "familiars" of Walz and Frey.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (2L+MU)

64 Some fun facts:

1. The Insurrection Act has been invoked 30 times by 17 different presidents.


Some Presidents are more equal than others.

-Chief Justice John Roberts

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (M0V4/)

65 At this point I doubt the Pink Haired Lesbian Militia are going to listen to two "men" tell them what to do! Walz and Frey seem ghey, but they still have pee pees and no one is going to listen!

I've seen videos of ICE dealing with these cretins and whatever it takes to protect them and continue mass deportations.

If pink haired nostril ringed lesbians get caught up in the deportation, that's even better!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (WONhk)

66 We should make a deal and send in the El Salvador national guard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (uWKK8)

67 Isn't Gov. Walz in the Reserves? Call him up.

More to the point, though, I wonder what Trump's waiting for. If there's some trigger, or timeline, or critical mass of something or other metric that says "not yet."

IMO the threshold for the Insurrection Act passed a awhile ago, but I'm just some tough-talking Internet rando, not a serious person.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (/JT24)

68 I thought 'fucking goats?!?!'

Then thought of Somalians.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

69 1 BLADE IS ...
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)


Never been to a rave, why do they sell water? Is it because the x makes you thirsty?

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (ClDUJ)

70
"Participation is entirely optional. There is no expectation to speak or actively participate - attendees are welcome to simply sit, listen, and be in community with each other."




That sounds an awful lot like a command performance. A threat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)

71 >>> 53 See if I as avg white guy wanted to have a protest I would have to get a permit and follow all kinds of rules.

Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (n5tGW)

Post their names and addresses, along with the names and addresses of their employers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (ULPxl)

72 Maybe the army can stand behind the protestors in layers and agitate them. First layer riot shields and batons. Second layer, the brown note Canon the used on Maduro troops, third layer, hoses, fourth layer videographers and meme makers.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 02:56 PM (i0Hi3)

73 Good, the y need to get in line of US laws or face a federal government

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:56 PM (Ia/+0)

74 ICE is still making arrests, but it takes forty of them to arrest two, when it should take maybe five at most.

ICE needs to arrest obstructers, and definitely any that make physical obstructions.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 02:56 PM (vbXSk)

75 Yes. And they virtually cannot be contained. They climb. They jump. They run. They head-butt and attack for any reason or no reason at all.

Miserable creatures. Their best purpose is to be chained up in a highway median to act as lawnmowers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I think it was your brother who was ranting against them here sometime back. He was talking from personal experience.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)

76 'unable'

For instance, if you've squandered your money, lost Federal funding, and can't call up your National Guard because you can't pay them.

"Get ready", indeed.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 02:56 PM (hLZfT)

77 "Participation is entirely optional. There is no expectation to speak or actively participate - attendees are welcome to simply sit, listen, and be in community with each other."
...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)
++++
What is this in reference to? Is *attendance* mandatory, but "participation" is not?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (GyQIQ)

78 60 Those ICE agents have the patience of saints, and their ability to focus with all the invectives being hurled, and the shoving, and the whistles and fucking vuvuzelas, is amazing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (kpS4V)

It's like they're kindergarten teachers but their students are huge, violent angry toddlers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (ClDUJ)

79
If the IA is invoked, then no half-measures. There needs to be overwhelming force, no pussy-footing around. Get it over and under control quickly before the left agit-prop gets up all sort of video and other "bad optics" of force being used.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (w6EFb)

80 The layers aspect reminds me of the Aaron Danielson assassination.
I think that too was a choreographed event, with layers and documentation.

(He was the Patriot Prayer guy in Portland who was leaving a protest and got shot. They had blocking cars, cleanup crew, and people filming.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (D5z+u)

81 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impead their lawful job

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)

82
Come try our Goat Biryani.

Posted by: Your local Indian restaurant at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (2Ez/1)

83 Goat meat is the primary meat product for Somalians.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (NpAcC)

84 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

30 > �healing circle� with �therapy goats.�

Or, as it's known in Somalia, "date night".

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 02:47 PM (IG3/x)


You're killin' me over here! 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (7bVpJ)

85 > You may, however, sell it in the village beyond the next village.

Thus leading to the well-known phenomenon of Middle Eastern goat-trafficking rings.

Many years ago a relative of mine lived in an apartment building with some Middle Easterners upstairs.

She heard weird noises all the time, not like people walking around.

Then one day she looked up at their balcony and saw the goat on it.

Yep, they had a goat living in there.

The landlord was not amused.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (IG3/x)

86 I do luf the goats! Our grandchildren are raising 2 for FFA and a pig. The pig is asshoe!

Posted by: DanMa'am at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (8uzBS)

87 "In Minnesota, the Troublemakers, Agitators, and Insurrectionists are, in many cases, highly paid professionals. The Governor and Mayor don't know what to do, they have totally lost control, and our currently being rendered, USELESS!" Trump posted on Truth Social. "If, and when, I am forced to act, it will be solved, QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY!"



1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (sui1r)

88 The defenders of grifting Islamic terrorists love goats?

Wow. Did NOT see that coming.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 16, 2026 02:58 PM (wtvvX)

89 Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (n5tGW)


It's fairly easy to walk thru a group and pick out the leaders. It would be fun to grab a couple of them for some neighborhood interrogation. It would be...revealing.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (2WIwB)

90 >62 I hear that goats are kinda asshoe when they're grown.

they're edible at that stage...DanMa'am is a great cook
Posted by: DanMan at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (8uzBS)

MMMM...nuttin' like mutton!

Posted by: Lizzie Bordan's Old Man at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (GTqXr)

91 There were also attack on Andy Ngo and Billboard Chris that had well trained crews going in and doing the dirty work.

They have been getting trained for years, and the feds refuse to investigate and treat it as a criminal conspiracy to roll up.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (D5z+u)

92
What is this in reference to? Is *attendance* mandatory, but "participation" is not?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (GyQIQ)


The goat therapy post. I'm pretty sure it's a command to both attend and participate.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

93 Many years ago a relative of mine lived in an apartment building with some Middle Easterners upstairs.

She heard weird noises all the time, not like people walking around.

Then one day she looked up at their balcony and saw the goat on it.

Yep, they had a goat living in there.

The landlord was not amused.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia



Their pimp hand was strong.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (sui1r)

94 The goat therapy post. I'm pretty sure it's a command to both attend and participate.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)
++++
LOL. Yeah, no.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (GyQIQ)

95 60 Those ICE agents have the patience of saints, and their ability to focus with all the invectives being hurled, and the shoving, and the whistles and fucking vuvuzelas, is amazing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (kpS4V)

I wonder if they have some sort of noise canceling ear protection that still allows them to hear spoke words.

Cause yeah some shit holding a bullhorn in my ear on squawk would get a nut punch for sure.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 02:59 PM (i0Hi3)

96 >>> 81 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impead their lawful job
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)

Yes, and some imbecile radio host on a supposedly conservative show and station parroted that like a timwalz. Oh, it was phrased as a question, but that made it clear the dude is a Kristol type.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 03:00 PM (ULPxl)

97 "If the IA is invoked, then no half-measures. There needs to be overwhelming force, no pussy-footing around."

They need lists of all those that went through training on how to commit the criminal act of obstructing ICE. When they show up at an ICE location and begin obstruction, arrest them all, and prosecute them. Make these thugs pay.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 03:00 PM (vbXSk)

98 67 Isn't Gov. Walz in the Reserves? Call him up. - Lance McCormick

Now, that would be hilarious.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 03:00 PM (2L+MU)

99 I would prefer reflection time with Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)

100 I was thinking flamethrowers, but then I remembered the Scoops from "Soylent Green"....

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (kpS4V)

101 Those goats are not for therapy.....

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (3AyDK)

102 Maybe ICE need heavier duty vehicles, Stryker would be able to run past any civilian vehicle.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)

103 Step 1 would be arming ICE with a pumper truck filled with food dye.
Step 2 would be requiring everyone in the area to show up at federal office to pick up their benefits cheks.
Step 3 would be arresting anyone with food dye on them.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (D5z+u)

104 >>> 80 The layers aspect reminds me of the Aaron Danielson assassination.
I think that too was a choreographed event, with layers and documentation.

(He was the Patriot Prayer guy in Portland who was leaving a protest and got shot. They had blocking cars, cleanup crew, and people filming.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (D5z+u)

I suspect there is FAR more organization than people realize, still.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (ULPxl)

105 The snow looks nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (jc0TO)

106 Fuckin pussies.

Posted by: A Goat at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (2UnvF)

107
Note Sec 334, the proclamation to disperse. When POTUS invokes it, he must give a warning that the shit is getting real:

Whenever the President considers it necessary to use the militia or the armed forces under this chapter, he shall, by proclamation, immediately order the insurgents or those obstructing the enforcement of the laws to disperse and retire peaceably to their abodes within a limited time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (w6EFb)

108 It's fairly easy to walk thru a group and pick out the leaders. It would be fun to grab a couple of them for some neighborhood interrogation. It would be...revealing.
Posted by: Diogenes



Snipe from a hide with suppressed weapons and subsonic ammo.

"Hey John! It's time to pass out the bullhorns. John? John! WTF???"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (sui1r)

109 Did someone say GOAT?

Posted by: Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Bob Lurtsema at January 16, 2026 03:02 PM (Bo9Yf)

110 In Minnesota, goat need therapy from you

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:02 PM (3AyDK)

111 There can be only one.

Posted by: Nick Saban at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (jc0TO)

112
Maybe ICE need heavier duty vehicles, Stryker would be able to run past any civilian vehicle.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)



Space Shuttle tractor

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (y9nCu)

113 >>Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.


THIS

Also helps that there are people on X who have been tracking these activists/antifa types who are already helping identify them, such as Andy Ngo.

The young independent jornos, such as Nick Sortor (https://x.com/nicksortor) and Cam Higby get video ate the protests, then the X researchers IS them. #Winning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (LlV+5)

114 BAILIFF!
WHACK HIS PEE PEE!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (Kt19C)

115 The goats were angry that day, my friends...

Posted by: George Costanza at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (2Ez/1)

116 The left: Do you realize protestors pushed police officers on J6?!? This sort of violent insurrection can't be ignored - those people should be shot...and I just wish more were! Just because you are angry about something is no reason for you to get a special pass from THE LAW

Also the left: So what if people assault ICE agents. They are angry and have a right to protest. And if they just stopped enforcing immigration law we could have peace again!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

117 Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (F3Dlr)

118 I've seen things, man!

Posted by: A Goat at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (2UnvF)

119 When the roundup begins, include every mutha effing asshat who was "just paid to be there." The grannies making a few bucks on the side.
Anyone getting paid to be there is a traitor.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 03:04 PM (2WIwB)

120 "Participation is entirely optional. There is no expectation to speak or actively participate - attendees are welcome to simply sit, listen, and be in community with each other."

kumbaya

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:04 PM (SSiCQ)

121 Goat meat is the primary meat product for Somalians.
Posted by: redridinghood

And vice-versa.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (TezPK)

122
I would use the proclamation to disperse to make a serious show of force. Have a few fighter jets scream overheard, maybe attack helicopters pop up over.

Let them know the shit has hit the fan, and POTUS ain't playin'. Disperse and retire to your "abodes" or time to see Jesus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (w6EFb)

123 Commenters have surprisingly impassioned opinions on goats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

124 Goats , Somalis use for food and dating

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (r8eU0)

125 Time to bring back HUAC. I have had enough of this "actual" insurrection by the Democrat Party. The entire Party is un-American.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (y0ylk)

126 There are plenty of vacant govt buildings everywhere, old chick. The post office has something like 37,000 vacant buildings I read the other day.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (n5tGW)

127 the theater of the events remind me of drag queen story hour--they could give a shit less about the actual illegal being taken out in cuffs; it is all about THEM.
Just like the story hours aren't for the kids, but for the queens.
(and the AWFLs who masturbate to both)

Posted by: barbarausa at January 16, 2026 03:05 PM (enw9G)

128 >>> 117 Seems to me, you just arrest the whole crowd for interfering with law enforcement. Which of course takes man power, so yep, bring in the Natties. Even if you release them at 3 AM, you have their unmasked photos, fingerprints, etc to start dismantling the network.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.
Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (F3Dlr)

I have some ideas.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

129 BLADE IS ...
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)


Never been to a rave, why do they sell water? Is it because the x makes you thirsty?
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (ClDUJ)
_______

Yup. Very thirsty. You can usually tell who is really tripping by how many water bottles they have. Or. in the case of a hot girl, how many bottles the guys are carrying for her.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

130 They know who they all are -- they bring cell phones and are tracked. they make phone calls and meet up, and the feds are all in on tech to ID networks of individuals through social media.

They know who they are, who the leaders are, who is funding them, where and when they are trained. But they chose not to do anything about it.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (D5z+u)

131 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

The Babylon Bee gets scooped again by Democrat reality.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:07 PM (hLZfT)

132 Commenters have surprisingly impassioned opinions on goats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I bex you not to express yours.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)

133 When the roundup begins, include every mutha effing asshat who was "just paid to be there." The grannies making a few bucks on the side.
Anyone getting paid to be there is a traitor.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 03:04 PM (2WIwB)



Exactly! And start De-naturalization proceedings against them! Get them the fuck out of my country. I've had enough!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 16, 2026 03:07 PM (y0ylk)

134 It’s all fake and gay. I’m really getting tired of the shitlibs going apeshit every election year and staging all these fake “protests”.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (fA38o)

135 129 Yup. Very thirsty. You can usually tell who is really tripping by how many water bottles they have. Or. in the case of a hot girl, how many bottles the guys are carrying for her.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

Also, increased body temps.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (iXqHn)

136 He will put the sheep on His right hand and the goats on His left.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (3AyDK)

137 99 I would prefer reflection time with Eva Vlaardingerbroek. - Bulg

Hey, her trip to the UK is off, so she's got the time.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (2L+MU)

138 I noticed the left is full of claims that ICE is going to break down the doors of Karens and...do things to them.

They discuss it as if ICE is the Gestapo or something but from the gleam of their eyes I suspect they kind of want some burly ICE agent to put them in cuffs but not take them to the station...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

139 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impede their lawful job
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)


A day or two ago, Mrs Cop was watching The Five. The lefty woman on The Five (the one with the "smart girl" over-sized glasses) was nattering about "ICE stopping U.S. citizens and demanding papers."

That's apparently the next thing being tested in real-time. So far, normie Americans are yawning over the fact that a bunch of violent Aztecs and thieving Somalis are getting rounded-up by ICE.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (pJWtt)

140 When the roundup begins, include every mutha effing asshat who was "just paid to be there." The grannies making a few bucks on the side.
Anyone getting paid to be there is a traitor.
Posted by: Diogenes


Same as the J6'ers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (sui1r)

141 Tom Brady is the GOAT of modern flag football. If he had had to play during the 70s or the 80s he would have had his head ripped off his spinal column and shoved up his ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:09 PM (zZu0s)

142 Where would ICE house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?

'House'? They're already dressed for winter, aren't they?

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:09 PM (hLZfT)

143 Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.
Posted by: old chick

The Vikings are out of the playoffs. Stadium is large enough.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 16, 2026 03:09 PM (TezPK)

144 Many years ago a relative of mine lived in an apartment building with some Middle Easterners upstairs.

It's all fun and games until one of them drags a leashed goat thru the community parking, slits the screeching goat's throat and hangs it from the garage door to bleed out - in front of kids playing street hockey.

I'm sick and tired of respecting 3rd world customs.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (F3Dlr)

145 Yup. Very thirsty. You can usually tell who is really tripping by how many water bottles they have. Or. in the case of a hot girl, how many bottles the guys are carrying for her.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

Also, increased body temps.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (iXqHn)
___

That too ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

146 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impede their lawful job
Posted by: Skip


Bwahahahahahahaha! No, wait.
Bwahahahahahahaha! What maroons.

IT'S CALLED OBSTRUCTION.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (sui1r)

147 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impede their lawful job

And supposedly Karen Deathwheels and her lesbowife were told ICE doesn't carry live ammunition.

I suspect the midtier people in the left's protest org are trying to set the street thugs up for a little unexpected martyrdom/prison time...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

148 Trump is a master at disinformation. Or is very unpredictable about things.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (mNOhh)

149 The way this all works, and has always worked in my experience, is that the build-up and implementation of a counter to the left is always exactly one cycle out of phase of dealing with the left.

Yes there will be a build-up for an entire armed state to deal with the coordinated corruption and racketeering. A super metastasis of a huge investigative apparatus. A whole legal system for rolling up and destroying organizations. And all perfectly timed for release when the left takes over to suppress and end their enemies.

And all the current delay is in line with my intuition.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (3uBP9)

150 Exactly sniff, they did this 2020 and every other election year. It's all about creating chaos for cheating and voter turnout.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 03:10 PM (n5tGW)

151 Somali from City Attorney's Office: Yes, I'm here for the rapey goats?

Therapy Coordinator: The what?

Somali from City Attorney's Office: The rapey goats.

Therapy Coordinator: That's therapy goats.

Somali from City Attorney's Office: Ohhh. Nevermind then.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (M0V4/)

152 I feel spurned.

*bleats*

Posted by: The Sheep at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (E24OL)

153 The funniest part of all this is the shitlibs saying they don’t want ICE invading their community. Say they are there illegally.

Seems some invasions of illegals is different than others.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (fA38o)

154 From Elliott Ness and the attorneys who took down the NYC Mob to "therapy goats." Our ancestors are not smiling down on us.

Posted by: Octochicken at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (oCS0o)

155 The government funds a SWAT team for the Department of Education: Yawn

The Bureau of Land Management gets involved in shoot outs with protestors: Yawn

An ICE Agent shoots a woman trying to run him down: THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (sKqQm)

156 Goats are borrowed from the Somali nightshift.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (MZ+PY)

157 I still don't understand why they can't go after Soros under RICO. I mean, he's just a walking cadaver, right now, but there's his dumbass son and numerous other people who are funding this and other insurrectionist acts.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (2L+MU)

158 135 129 Yup. Very thirsty. You can usually tell who is really tripping by how many water bottles they have. Or. in the case of a hot girl, how many bottles the guys are carrying for her.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

Also, increased body temps.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (iXqHn)

Nic checks out.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (e2+im)

159 I feel spurned.

*bleats*
Posted by: The Sheep

Nothing to see here. Mouflon.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (77rzZ)

160 Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (M0V4/)

Well done. That was funny

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (8Xy/A)

161 The funniest part of all this is the shitlibs saying they don’t want ICE invading their community. Say they are there illegally.

When people from that little OH town said they didn't want thousands of Haitians they were told to STFU and STFD - this is a federal issue and not up to them.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)

162 On a somewhat related matter, the non-cooperation of local LE with ICE makes me all the more inclined to hang up when I'm called to send donations for our "brothers in blue". Not a cent more. They show who their oath is to by their actions. Fuck them for that.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 16, 2026 03:13 PM (y0ylk)

163 154 From Elliott Ness and the attorneys who took down the NYC Mob to "therapy goats." Our ancestors are not smiling down on us. - Octochicken

I'm pretty sure they are laughing at us, though.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 03:13 PM (2L+MU)

164 I though Mahomes was the GOAT of no touch football. I don't know how may flags I saw on people violating his 5 foot personal protection bubble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 03:13 PM (n5tGW)

165 Never tried X or similar club drugs. Alcohol loosens inhibitions a bit, yes, but not in the specific ways that these drugs do...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

166 Insurrection in the streets eh?

get the cannons

Posted by: Napoleon at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (jGJov)

167 I hate to even contemplate what they do with the therapy goats. Eat them? Film doing bad things?

Who will now save the baby goats?

I watched the film. I have to say the ICE agents are much more patient than I am. I'd push that whistle down that lesbo's throat for starters.

They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons. Swoop them all in to do whatever inside, and then spray some xanax into the wagon for processing. Altho a waste of xanax. Maybe chloroform or mustard gas.

DEPORT THEM ALL! INCLUDING LESBOS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (WONhk)

168 The Chinese and Russians have been behind the spreading of propaganda concerning the ability to attack a federal officer.

They know it’s illegal. But their objective is conflict.

Most of these people don’t even know where the posts are coming from.

They are being used and don’t even realize it.

*baaah*

Posted by: The Sheep at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (E24OL)

169 On a somewhat related matter, the non-cooperation of local LE with ICE makes me all the more inclined to hang up when I'm called to send donations for our "brothers in blue". Not a cent more. They show who their oath is to by their actions. Fuck them for that.

It comes down to the actual police unit in question. Some are leftist assholes, some are right leaning Chads and most just want to do their jobs with as little risk to their pensions as possible...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)

170 >Trump Again Warns Walz and Frey: Start Enforcing the Law, Or Federal Troops Are Coming
----

Cool
Just like he warned Iran

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)

171 Nothing to see here. Mouflon.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:12 PM


Suffolks will do anything for a pun.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (0sNs1)

172 Insurrection in the streets eh?

get the cannons
Posted by: Napoleon at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (jGJov)
----------
To an artillerist, every problem can be solved with grapeshot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (X4XpB)

173 Everyone connected to ActBlue should be in prison or under...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (mlg/3)

174 77 "Participation is entirely optional. There is no expectation to speak or actively participate - attendees are welcome to simply sit, listen, and be in community with each other."
...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)
++++
What is this in reference to? Is *attendance* mandatory, but "participation" is not?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (GyQIQ)

moar uptwinkles!

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (SSiCQ)

175 I'm beginning to suspect there may be some defalcation occurring in Minnesota.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

176
Minneapolis PD morale is very low again:
https://is.gd/eUg47i

Just as I suspected, they ain't onboard with the Walz and Frey agenda.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:16 PM (w6EFb)

177 They know who they all are -- they bring cell phones and are tracked. they make phone calls and meet up, and the feds are all in on tech to ID networks of individuals through social media.

They know who they are, who the leaders are, who is funding them, where and when they are trained. But they chose not to do anything about it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (D5z+u)


I suspect that there's stuff going on in the background that we don't know. Evidence to support convictions for Domestic Terrorism needs to be gathered.

I don't think that the howling monkeys are the win that the Democrats think they are. Pres. Trump is giving Walz and Frey opportunities to de-escalate. They're not taking the hints: last night, Frey talked about the desire to "fight ICE" with the Minneapolis Police.

This is also a public-relations conflict.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 03:16 PM (pJWtt)

178 To an artillerist, every problem can be solved with grapeshot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious


I think they use airburst shells now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (mlg/3)

179 "Despite the screeching leftists following them everywhere, ICE is STILL being seen successfully making arrests around Minneapolis today."

Lotsa non-white faces under those ICE masks. If ICE is a white supremist Nazi gestapo, they are the suckiest white supremist Nazi gestapo evah.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

180 To an artillerist, every problem can be solved with grapeshot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM


When you miss, however, it's a whiff.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)

181

Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Winter's here and the time is right
Insurrection in the street

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (pkeXY)

182 Looks like Trump is backing off intervention in Iran... Or it's a bluff...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (VE6XX)

183 >>Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.



As long as you can get a local PD to assist, you cloward-piven the protest arrests.

This happened in DC a few times when I lived in the area. The local police chief would meet the leaders of each group that got a protest permit, gave them the guidelines (stay in your designated protest area, no destruction/violence), and warned them that if they did not comply, immediate arrests would happen. He always followed through on this warning. A few times they arrested a huge number of protesters, which resulted in each protester spending 12+ hours at the station being processed. They haaaated this, and complained. They expected a speedy, symbolic protest and then buh-bye.

Do it, and make it a bureaucratically tedious and lengthy process.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (LlV+5)

184 It would be fun to be able to spoof these insurrectionists that ICE is going into some conservative area, maybe even have some ICE vehicles roll in. Then have the citizens circle the 'protestors' with bullhors and taunt them with things like "are you a trustafarian or a paid protestor?" "Why do you want rapists left on the street?" Don't you people ever shower? etc etc.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (hhkIi)

185
Why are the email addresses blacked out in those exposes (the goat therapy invite)? They're government systems.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (x4Mz/)

186 Suffolks will do anything for a pun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Just those of us with no sense of chamois.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)

187 Comfort goats for the bleating heart commies is very third world.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:19 PM (BSdIE)

188 They know who they are, who the leaders are, who is funding them, where and when they are trained. But they chose not to do anything about it.

One thing that came out of the Rittenhouse trial was that the feds have drones over these riots and know exactly who is there. But as you point out even Trump has yet to do anything with that information...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)

189 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

Is that before or after the afternoon cannabis relaxation sessions?

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 03:19 PM (GUOwU)

190 It's all an op.
It's all fake and ghey.

Posted by: Potentially lethal performatives for progressive putzes at January 16, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

191 Do it, and make it a bureaucratically tedious and lengthy process.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (LlV+5)
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Does "bureaucratically tedious" cover thumbscrews?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:21 PM (X4XpB)

192 177 I don't think that the howling monkeys are the win that the Democrats think they are. Pres. Trump is giving Walz and Frey opportunities to de-escalate. They're not taking the hints: last night, Frey talked about the desire to "fight ICE" with the Minneapolis Police.

This is also a public-relations conflict.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 03:16 PM (pJWtt)

The problem is that we assume that most people are logical.

They are not.

They still go along with the Accepted Media Narrative more often than not.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:21 PM (FpHTM)

193 Stop warning them and do it

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 03:21 PM (ciYHQ)

194 Remember, according to the Imam, if you succumb to temptation with one of your, or your village's goats, you must sell the goat, but it is haram to sell it in your village, or in the next village. You may, however, sell it in the village beyond the next village.

"Ask The Imam" was fantastic unintentional comedy.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

195
Did anyone see this?

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/
2011859986637275372

Basically, if Trump doesn't decisively smack the shit out of these people now, we'll have leftist violence in the streets for the next 10 years.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 03:22 PM (x4Mz/)

196 Never tried X or similar club drugs. Alcohol loosens inhibitions a bit, yes, but not in the specific ways that these drugs do...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)
________

I can't say they aren't fun. They are. I wouldn't just drop moly in my living room, but in the noise and excitement of a rave they add an additional dimension, like you "feel" the music and beat in an unnaturally pleasurable way. It's euphoric. Time and place for everything, as they say.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

197 > They discuss it as if ICE is the Gestapo or something but from the gleam of their eyes I suspect they kind of want some burly ICE agent to put them in cuffs but not take them to the station...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

After making them put on one of those "handmaid" costumes and get impregnated by a strong, powerful man, while lying on top of another woman.

The weird thing isn't that someone as kinky as Margaret Atwood exists, the weird thing is that so many women apparently share her fantasy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:23 PM (IG3/x)

198 Do Afghans get therapy boys?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 03:23 PM (gKWVE)

199 beginning to suspect there may be some defecation occurring in Minnesota.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 03:23 PM (Kt19C)

200
Stop warning them and do it
Posted by: Fen

=============

Yes. They'll figure out that they can do this indefinitely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 03:23 PM (x4Mz/)

201 On a somewhat related matter, the non-cooperation of local LE with ICE makes me all the more inclined to hang up when I'm called to send donations for our "brothers in blue".

When the donation envelope arrives, check the back on the envelope flap, the one I received said the fundraising org received 97 cents of every dollar contributed. To my embarrassment I had never read that small print until I had donated for 6+ years.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:23 PM (F3Dlr)

202 Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 16, 2026 03:11 PM (M0V4/)


I just got your nic, fuck

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:24 PM (3AyDK)

203 >>Remember, according to the Imam, if you succumb to temptation with one of your, or your village's goats, you must sell the goat, but it is haram to sell it in your village, or in the next village. You may, however, sell it in the village beyond the next village.


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE COMMONLY MARRY THEIR COUSINS, BUT DON'T WANT TO SHARE COMFORT GOATS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 16, 2026 03:24 PM (LlV+5)

204 "While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats."

What city government has goats just wandering around? Oh wait ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

205 Those poor goats.

Posted by: Just relax and let it happen, kid at January 16, 2026 03:24 PM (TbWk/)

206 > To an artillerist, every problem can be solved with grapeshot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (X4XpB)

The thought of firing 32 pounds of grapeshot into a mob of communists...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (IG3/x)

207 wouldn't just drop moly in my living room,

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: DMT at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)

208 Looks like Trump is backing off intervention in Iran... Or it's a bluff...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (VE6XX)


It took weeks of preparation to snatch Maduro.

An aircraft carrier has been ordered to take station off the coast of Iran. Obviously, that means Pres. Trump is going to do nothing.

After him being POTUS for 5 years, I would have thought people would have figured-out his negotiating style by now. He gives people plenty of opportunities to make a deal. They don't take the deal, he drops a hammer on their head. He doesn't reflexively resort to military action first.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (pJWtt)

209 After making them put on one of those "handmaid" costumes and get impregnated by a strong, powerful man, while lying on top of another woman.

Wait, is that in the Handmaids tale?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

210 "They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons."

Maybe some garbage truck type affair with a scoop on the front.

Posted by: Uhura at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (vFG9F)

211 Insurrection in the streets eh?

get the cannons
Posted by: Napoleon


Just one dose of the nosebleed cannon we used in Venezuela, if real, would stop everything. And word would get out to all the other cells.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (hLZfT)

212 noticed the left is full of claims that ICE is going to break down the doors of Karens and...do things to them.

They discuss it as if ICE is the Gestapo or something but from the gleam of their eyes I suspect they kind of want some burly ICE agent to put them in cuffs but not take them to the station...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
__________

"This guy gets it!"

-- Cheesy Romance Novels

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

213 >>Does "bureaucratically tedious" cover thumbscrews?

Just want the process to be the punishment, as Team Coup and then Biden's DOJ did with so many of Trump's team (e.g. Michale Flynn) and the J6 people.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (LlV+5)

214 The strategic "Layers" mentioned earlier are pretty effective in providing a continuous stream of manufactured outrage to feed the outrage addicts.

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (rbIOb)

215 206 > To an artillerist, every problem can be solved with grapeshot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:15 PM (X4XpB)

The thought of firing 32 pounds of grapeshot into a mob of communists...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (IG3/x)

One whiff only, Vasili.

Posted by: Capt. Marko Napoleonamus at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (TbWk/)

216 "They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons."

Maybe some garbage truck type affair with a scoop on the front.
Posted by: Uhur


Soylent Red?

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (hLZfT)

217 Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.
Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (F3Dlr)

Temporary gulags. Concertina wire and tents. Ya tear down your shelter, you freeze. Difficult decision for these retards I know.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 03:27 PM (g8Ew8)

218 Form the Phalanx, move forward.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2026 03:27 PM (NtVYv)

219 ICE needs to flank the protestors.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:27 PM (KDPiq)

220 > Wait, is that in the Handmaids tale?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

It sure is.

As I recall, a disease or something had made most women infertile, so the few remaining fertile women were forced to become "handmaids", to be impregnated by strong, powerful wealthy men, while the strong, powerful, wealthy man was (at least in theory) looking at his actual wife who was underneath the "handmaid".

The most far-fetched part of this Karen masturbation fantasy was the part where the United States had been taken over by a totalitarian religious dictatorship, but Canada was somehow still Just Fine.

YeahNo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (IG3/x)

221 The rule of hysterical women is always a self destructive shit show.

Posted by: The Crucible at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (zu4CJ)

222 Trump. Talks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (RIvkX)

223 Raskin says ICE is recruiting White Supremacists.... Seriously ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (VE6XX)

224 219 ICE needs to flank the protestors.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:27 PM (KDPiq)

Round them up, shoulder them into place.

Posted by: They skirt the law at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)

225 Ok grapeshot- throwing loose balls into the cannon and firing it like a shotgun.

Canister- is that like a prepackaged container of smaller balls but has the same effect, but makes it easier to load and fire?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

226 196 I can't say they aren't fun. They are. I wouldn't just drop moly in my living room, but in the noise and excitement of a rave they add an additional dimension, like you "feel" the music and beat in an unnaturally pleasurable way. It's euphoric. Time and place for everything, as they say.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

That, and it can make the most boring person alive seem interesting as they ramble on incessantly...

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (FpHTM)

227 I'm worried about the goats with all the Somalis in Minneapolis

Posted by: Dave at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (sbsMc)

228 Don't discount the possibility that a lot of this leads back to some buildings in and around Washington, DC. That color revolution idea did not originate overseas. You think all that money the Somalis pirated out of the country just went to some shitheads in Somali? Ain't no way. It funded a lot of things besides lining someone's pockets, and I'll bet some three-letter agencies know exactly what it was funding.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (MZ+PY)

229 >>Cool
Just like he warned Iran

And Venezuela. And Gaza.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

230 The rule of hysterical women is always a self destructive shit show.
Posted by: The Crucible

I saw Pete Hegseth with the Devil!
And I saw Kristi Noem with the Devil!
And I saw Marco Rubio with the Devil!

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

231 222 Trump. Talks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah.. I get that... I wouldn't expect him to tell the media what he's gonna do....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (VE6XX)

232 The weird thing isn't that someone as kinky as Margaret Atwood exists, the weird thing is that so many women apparently share her fantasy.


I remember reading some of Nancy Friday's books in college. It was eye opening about the sorts of fantasies some women have. Well, at the time I guess. A bit of research on the modern internet says she wasn't just making stuff up at least.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)

233 Temporary gulags. Concertina wire and tents. Ya tear down your shelter, you freeze. Difficult decision for these retards I know.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

I'd be fine with that. Winter storm like today or not. Unfortunately, agree or not, the optics of cages is not optimum for the Trump admin.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (F3Dlr)

234 That, and it can make the most boring person alive seem interesting as they ramble on incessantly...
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (FpHTM)

Huh.

*makes note to always keep some Molly on hand*

Posted by: Hand it out to everyone I meet at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (TbWk/)

235 Raskin says ICE is recruiting White Supremacists.... Seriously ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:28 PM (VE6XX)

Yeah, I saw a thumbnail on ewetub yesterday saying somwthing like 'Head of Proud Boys listed as an ICE agent in government records!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

236 Learning about "persuasion" from Scott Adams, it's very interesting.

For example you always see them deploy shit around the new year, because in a new year (as it begins) the mind is more susceptible and ready to incorporate novel information. To believe things are "different", for example. Even though of course it's still just Tuesday.

So it's notable to me that they ramped up the rioting in the new year, which incidentally also squashed the Somali Fraud story, which might have been our own side's version of "novel information". Almost as if to "define" the year, which is now an election year too.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (3AyDK)

237 > Canister- is that like a prepackaged container of smaller balls but has the same effect, but makes it easier to load and fire?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

Yep.

There was also chain shot, which consisted of two balls connected by a length of chain. It went through troop formations like a combine harvester goes through a field of wheat.

Nasty stuff.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (IG3/x)

238
I cringe to think of the "therapy" those poor goats are expected to provide.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (tgvbd)

239 I'm worried about the goats with all the Somalis in Minneapolis
Posted by: Dave

I wonder if they found that goat that was loose in St. Louis yet.

Or the monkeys.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)

240 We should invade Iran and Minnesota on the same moonless night.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (acpVa)

241 Goats are cool. I would have been willing to offer mine to the Gov and Mayor of MN if she were still in this world. Maybe the next. Her main trick was nonchalantly walking up to strange men and giving them a quick head twist butt to the balls. It only took one episode for folks to respect the Beware of the GOAT sign. After they picked themselves up off the ground.

Posted by: epador at January 16, 2026 03:31 PM (TRnzq)

242 Dear Penthouse,
I never dreamed ICE would come looking for Ramon. Then they came….
-Karen Wallbridge

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (cd3eP)

243 Cutting Melania "lost decade" in Lonfon before Epstein brought her to the USA and met Trump she worked as a model but has a very very limited "portfolio" really not much more than the les in o porn shoot

Also, I'm retarded.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (PPp1e)

244 >>Yeah.. I get that... I wouldn't expect him to tell the media what he's gonna do....

Trump has been acting the exact same way for more than a decade now. It's surprising that some still don't seem to realize how he operates.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (viF8m)

245 My understanding with X and related drugs is they can reduce your ability to experience some of those feelings naturally without the drug...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

246 Trump is all bluster, you can't take him seriously

Posted by: Qasem Soleimani at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (3AyDK)

247
Sheriff Grady Judd schools some reporters on the ICE situation:

https://is.gd/UIU4Zd

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (w6EFb)

248 You know what would be fun to watch? When the 82d Airborne battalion task force shows up simultaneously from every direction, throws up concertina wire, and starts putting them in the back of 5 tons. With helicopters overhead.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (4WpkP)

249 The funniest part of all this is the shitlibs saying they don’t want ICE invading their community. Say they are there illegally.

Seems some invasions of illegals is different than others.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe


I just tell people, "cute daughter you have there. I hope an illegal doesn't rape & killer her like they did Laken Riley"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 03:32 PM (sui1r)

250 They are going to get arrested anyways, now they'll get arrested twice. twinkle toes three times - child porn or child slavery, cruelty to g___s.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (EyfuW)

251 Ok grapeshot- throwing loose balls into the cannon and firing it like a shotgun.

Canister- is that like a prepackaged container of smaller balls but has the same effect, but makes it easier to load and fire?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)
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Grapeshot is about half-pound balls stacked on a wooden spindle and bound with linen.

Canister is about 500 musket balls in a light metal can.

Both can be loaded as quickly as a full-sized shot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (X4XpB)

252 All he has to do is

U.S.C. §§ 331-335 Sec 334

Proclamation to disperse
Whenever the President considers it necessary to use the militia or the armed forces under
this chapter, he shall, by proclamation, immediately order the insurgents or those
obstructing the enforcement of the laws to disperse and retire peaceably to their abodes
within a limited time.


Pull the damn pin already.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (abIsI)

253 The troll either got into the drugs or needs drugs. Either way, definitely very gay.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (3AyDK)

254 Goats are the Satanists symbol so it makes sense the Lefists would use them in their cult.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (KDPiq)

255 The left: We should be accepting of people's sexuality no matter what

Also the left: Melania did a risque photo shoot with another woman...BURN THE LESBIAN WITCH

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

256 Don't give them a martyr here or their to whine about. Wipe out the entire mass so that anyone thinking of joining them is afraid to, and no one in the future will be tempted to follow their path.

Basically, J6 them.

Trump is still reluctant to do what needs to be done. I don't know why he winks at lawlessness on the Left.

He needs a war time consigliere , not a DEI hire in the FBI and a Green Room AG.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (WCaCG)

257 Goats…. Our city park this past summer unleashed a herd of goats into our local park to clear out underbrush. They did a very good job… they’re kinda cute animals but I wouldn’t want to sit down with them… they smell; as I ran through the park I could smell them before I saw them….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (k0PcD)

258 I don't feel like second guessing Trump. I'm not in his shoes, thankfully, and I have no idea who's he talked to and when.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (ix8EF)

259 183 in DC a few times when I lived in the area ... A few times they arrested a huge number of protesters, which resulted in each protester spending 12+ hours at the station being processed. They haaaated this, and complained.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (LlV+5)

; )

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (SSiCQ)

260 Goats are the Satanists symbol so it makes sense the Lefists would use them in their cult.

They did this effectively in the movie The Witch

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

261 That's an underage goat. Perverts.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

262 I got censored?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (EyfuW)

263 Huh. Interesting thing about Ass is that he is always trying to elicit an emotional response by trying to make fun of or denigrate people he assumes we hold in veneration. It is fascinating watching him probe for weak spots to get that reaction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

264 134 It’s all fake and gay.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 16, 2026 03:08 PM (fA38o)

AoSHq stylesheet says "ghey"

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (SSiCQ)

265 Oh Canada. Mark Carney now blowing Xi Jinping because he doesn’t like Trump. lol.

The Canadian economy is sinking. Communism to the rescue.

Get ready to assume the position, Canada.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (zIokw)

266 So Tom Brady was there?

I’d let him jump me.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (vK/Ja)

267 > as I ran through the park I could smell them before I saw them….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 03:34 PM (k0PcD)

Uncastrated male goats can get pretty foul.

Females and castrated males don't smell much worse than any other farm animals. Their poop doesn't stink nearly as much as cows, or even horses. Pigs don't enter into it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (IG3/x)

268 I got censored?
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (EyfuW)

What did you say? You didnt say bl a zer did you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

269 >>>I'm worried about the goats with all the Somalis in Minneapolis

they're eating the pets

of the people

that live there

Posted by: brak at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (jGJov)

270 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

271 I remember when the cops used to beat hippies with batons and just leave them lying in the street bleeding. We need more of that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (BSdIE)

272 I'd be fine with that. Winter storm like today or not. Unfortunately, agree or not, the optics of cages is not optimum for the Trump admin.
Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (F3Dlr)

Put them in a stripped-down warehouse then. Feed them beans and water.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (g8Ew8)

273 I'm worried about the goats with all the Somalis in Minneapolis
Posted by: Dave
......

And the dogs. And the cats. And the ducks.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (UjdFS)

274 If you duplicate a comment character for character, even someone else's, it won't show up.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (3AyDK)

275 Bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (nDXEV)

276 270 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
Posted by: Skip


Flavor the water with AG1. That shit will drive anyone away.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (abIsI)

277 The weird thing isn't that someone as kinky as Margaret Atwood exists, the weird thing is that so many women apparently share her fantasy.


I remember reading some of Nancy Friday's books in college. It was eye opening about the sorts of fantasies some women have. Well, at the time I guess. A bit of research on the modern internet says she wasn't just making stuff up at least.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)
_____

I've long thought that there is not nearly the difference b/t men and women in terms of sexuality and sexual appetites than we are led to believe. I think proper society has largely swept women's more ... errr ... unusual appetites under the rug for centuries. That's becoming increasingly hard to do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

278 They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons. Swoop them all in to do whatever inside, and then spray some xanax into the wagon for processing. Altho a waste of xanax. Maybe chloroform or mustard gas.

DEPORT THEM ALL! INCLUDING LESBOS!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 03:14 PM (WONhk)

Maybe a bulldozer/steam shovel and a dump truck. Just scoop them all up and plunk them in the bed of the truck.

Posted by: Octochicken at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (oCS0o)

279 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

This is also an excellent idea.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (g8Ew8)

280 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
Posted by: Skip


Move too slow & you'll stick to the streets. LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (sui1r)

281 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
Posted by: Skip


With orange dye so the prison warden doesn't have to issue a jumpsuit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (mlg/3)

282 On behalf of San Francisco, I must say, Minneapolis, we're impressed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (RIvkX)

283 not nearly the difference b/t men and women in terms of sexuality and sexual appetites than we are led to believe.
-------

Right. For example sucking lots of dick.

Posted by: Barry Soetero at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (3AyDK)

284 Looks like Trump is backing off intervention in Iran... Or it's a bluff...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 03:17 PM (VE6XX)

you know...if I was backing off a target... I would send two aircraft carriers to the theater, empty out nearby airbases and add a bunch of aerial-refueling tankers nearby

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (g47mK)

285 60 Those ICE agents have the patience of saints, and their ability to focus with all the invectives being hurled, and the shoving, and the whistles and fucking vuvuzelas, is amazing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (kpS4V)

Saw a video a while back 2016 election cycle where the layer one peeps were all shrieking Karen's, but layer two was more Burley types swinging padlocks on chains from behind the Karen's. If the Burley guy made contact with a victim he was encircled by layer three and rushed to a safe house and a new layer 2 thug stepped in. Vicious people.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (i0Hi3)

286 They have training. They have funding. They have singular purpose. This is an insurgency

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The obvious solution is to go after the organizers and the ones providing funds for it.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (Z8jzG)

287 216 "They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons."

Maybe some garbage truck type affair with a scoop on the front.
Posted by: Uhur

Soylent Red?
Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:26 PM (hLZfT)

Trouble with Soylent Red is there's always a shortage.

Posted by: It's people! at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (TbWk/)

288 >>>they're eating the pets of the people that live there


BTW if you search that phrase online you'll be by every source that it was all "baseless" and a total hoax

Posted by: brak at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (jGJov)

289 I can't say
g
i
m
p.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (EyfuW)

290 I've long thought that there is not nearly the difference b/t men and women in terms of sexuality and sexual appetites than we are led to believe. I think proper society has largely swept women's more ... errr ... unusual appetites under the rug for centuries. That's becoming increasingly hard to do.

I've never had any erotic thoughts about either minotaurs or dinosaurs, I can tell you that much.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)

291 With the national economy quickly improving and the national conversation moving even more quickly towards a law-and-order themed 2026 midterm campaign season, I'd say the Dems have plenty of reasons to go Full Retard.

And they're succeeding.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)

292 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

Woman can turn it off and on. I think that's a huge difference.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (KDPiq)

293 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota

The Left would sue and easily prevail over the Castrati in the Fe'ral Government's DOJ.

Something about First Amendment Right to Protest.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:40 PM (KhyP1)

294 183 in DC a few times when I lived in the area ... A few times they arrested a huge number of protesters, which resulted in each protester spending 12+ hours at the station being processed. They haaaated this, and complained.
Posted by: Lizzy

Was it ICE that arrested the protesters in DC?
ICE has no cooperation from the city of Minneapolis, when they held some illegals in a hotel the protesters surrounded and almost made entry into the hotel with NO MPD intervening.
I don't think people understand how isolated ICE is in Minneapolis.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:40 PM (F3Dlr)

295 183 bureaucratically tedious and lengthy
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 03:18 PM (LlV+5)

All kinds of redundancy going on there.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:40 PM (SSiCQ)

296 279 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

This is also an excellent idea.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 03:38 PM (g8Ew

Also think maybe every officer carries tire ripper chains to disable the vehicles on the spot.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 03:40 PM (i0Hi3)

297 216 "They need larger vehicles. Paddy wagons."

Maybe some garbage truck type affair with a scoop on the front.
Posted by: Uhur


With those robot wars spinning buzzsaws on the front.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (abIsI)

298 See, now if ICE was in my neighborhood and the lesbos were harrassing them there would be no need for an official water cannon. Most of our residents would be happy to hook up some hoses and spray the harpies.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (hhkIi)

299 Woman can turn it off and on. I think that's a huge difference.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (KDPiq)

How do you get an Irish girl to stop having sex?

Marry her.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (3AyDK)

300 ICE IS RANDOMLY SHOOTING BROWN BODIES OF COLOR AND DEPORTING LEGAL CITIZENS!!!! WHAARGBARGLE!!!

Posted by: The present progtard narrative at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (TbWk/)

301 I remember when the cops used to beat hippies with batons and just leave them lying in the street bleeding. We need more of that.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:36 PM (BSdIE)

I kinda enjoy the old videos of the hickory shampoos employed by the Chicago cops in Grant Park in 68… we need more of that

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (k0PcD)

302 Interesting thing about Ass is that he is always trying to elicit an emotional response by trying to make fun of or denigrate people he assumes we hold in veneration. It is fascinating watching him probe for weak spots to get that reaction.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)
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I admire his tenacity trying to use English.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (RIvkX)

303 "81 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impead their lawful job"

Remember when mis/disinformation was going to destroy our precious democracy and tyrants were going to send us all to camps so Social Media companies had to ban and censor people? Pepperidge Farm remembers...

Posted by: Croaker at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (+BcZI)

304 293 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota

The Left would sue and easily prevail over the Castrati in the Fe'ral Government's DOJ.

Something about First Amendment Right to Protest.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:40 PM (KhyP1)

Pretty sure interfering with a policing action is not a protest.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (i0Hi3)

305 Woman can turn it off and on. I think that's a huge difference.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (KDPiq)

It's certainly obvious in Minnesota, huh?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (g8Ew8)

306 Woman can turn it off and on. I think that's a huge difference.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (KDPiq)

How do you get an Irish girl to stop having sex?

Marry her.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (3AyDK)

Ain't just the Irish ones...

Posted by: Marriage - the ultimate scam at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (TbWk/)

307 > Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota
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Especially during winter. And, it's non-lethal unless the targets are especially stupid.

Oh, wait....

But seriously, it would make them absolutely miserable. And cold. But mostly miserable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (U2OZr)

308 I kinda enjoy the old videos of the hickory shampoos employed by the Chicago cops in Grant Park in 68… we need more of that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 03:41 PM (k0PcD)
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Grant Park? Yippies? It seems like it was just yesterday ...

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (rj6Yv)

309 I admire his tenacity trying to use English.

And his sense of gustatory adventure.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

310 >>>they're eating the pets of the people that live there


BTW if you search that phrase online you'll be by every source that it was all "baseless" and a total hoax
Posted by: brak
......

Proof that AI has no sense of humor. And how do they explain the dramatic reduction in the duck population in Springfield?

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

311 I admire his tenacity trying to use English.

And his sense of gustatory adventure.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)
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And recycling.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 03:43 PM (X4XpB)

312 I've long thought that there is not nearly the difference b/t men and women in terms of sexuality and sexual appetites than we are led to believe. I think proper society has largely swept women's more ... errr ... unusual appetites under the rug for centuries. That's becoming increasingly hard to do.

I've never had any erotic thoughts about either minotaurs or dinosaurs, I can tell you that much.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)
____

Well no, but it's not the specific object that matters, only the fantasy about an object that's not human. I of course wouldn't fuck a minotaur. That's gay. But Cheetara? One of those hot elves? Kitsune? Any of the hot alien girls that Kirk banged? Yes, in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

313
JFK invoked the IA against Henry Wallace way back in the Civil Rights era.

Wallace stood in front of the door at the University of Alabama to prevent black students from registering. A US Deputy AG told Wallace to step aside. He refused.

The a 2-star general walked out and told him to step aside. Wallace stepped aside.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (w6EFb)

314 How come you never hear about St. Paul? Is stuff getting froggy there, too?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

315 Oh Canada. Mark Carney now blowing Xi Jinping because he doesn’t like Trump. lol.

Canada. Surrounded by the Lower 48, Alaska, and, soon, Orangeland (formerly Greenland). Heck of a bargaining postition.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (qoUKC)

316 146 Read this morning somewhere Leftists are spreading ICE isn't allowed to touch a US Citizen even if they impede their lawful job
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, i heard that you can beat up IRS agents too and they can't do anything to you unless you're cheating on your taxes at the same time.

Me went to Joe Biden Online Law School and me is a lawyer now!

Posted by: Nelly at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (7gpcF)

317 Fucking do it. Yesterday. Throw Walz and Frey in federal prison, then mop up their goon squads.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (1yT+S)

318 Any of the hot alien girls that Kirk banged? Yes, in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
=========

Yvonne Craig.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (rj6Yv)

319 285 Saw a video a while back 2016 election cycle where the layer one peeps were all shrieking Karen's, but layer two was more Burley types swinging padlocks on chains from behind the Karen's. If the Burley guy made contact with a victim he was encircled by layer three and rushed to a safe house and a new layer 2 thug stepped in. Vicious people.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (i0Hi3)

The Left has people willing to be human shields for their armed thugs.

We don't.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (iXqHn)

320 I have no fantasy that involves someone other than an earth girl.

Even if they are also easy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (KDPiq)

321 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE, THE RIOTERS THINK A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN LID WILL STOP A 9MM OR A 5.6

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (abIsI)

322 I just tell people, "cute daughter you have there. I hope an illegal doesn't rape & killer her like they did Laken Riley"

These retards will make Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy a virtue.

Don't encourage them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (c3sdc)

323 JFK invoked the IA against Henry Wallace way back in the Civil Rights era.

Wallace stood in front of the door at the University of Alabama to prevent black students from registering.


George Wallace?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

324 I like how Walz and other soft and gooey white folks are all up in arms about ICE going after dark skinned people., like they know any dark skinned people; which honkies like Walz consider to be their pets to be fed and watered but no let in his house or to date their daughters or moms.

Posted by: Guilt Ridden White People Do Some Crazy Shit at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (R/m4+)

325 Oh Canada. Mark Carney now blowing Xi Jinping because he doesn’t like Trump. lol.

They were sucking up to Xi back when Biden was still in too. It's not because of Trump.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (2ocoG)

326 Water cannon would solve crowds in Minnesota

There was video last night of a vehicle driving slowly in front of the ice compound outside the fence spilling water out of the back, to create an ice hazard for any officers that approached the protesters.
We/ICE aren't on the same playing field.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (F3Dlr)

327 302 Interesting thing about Ass
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)
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I admire his tenacity trying to use English.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 03:42 PM (RIvkX)

tin assity

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:48 PM (SSiCQ)

328 Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)

Neither have I , and I only romance novels I have read are by Barbara Cartland and Georgette Heyer, neither of which are bodice rippers and the latter author in particular features Intelligent and witty men and women who match wits with each other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 03:48 PM (PFs9e)

329 >> George Wallace?


Yes, George! I don't where the hell Henry came form -- that was a VP under FDR I think, maybe ran for president himself one time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (w6EFb)

330 They were sucking up to Xi back when Biden was still in too. It's not because of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S.

Yeah, Justine gave them permission to station troops there, or something.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

331 JFK invoked the IA against Henry Wallace way back in the Civil Rights era.

Wallace stood in front of the door at the University of Alabama to prevent black students from registering.


George Wallace?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)
___

William Wallace

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

332 Mumm-ra walks in on Cheetarah bathing: (robot chicken)

https://tinyurl.com/mpt5e6xj

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (uWKK8)

333 The Left has people willing to be human shields for their armed thugs.

They're only willing until they stop believing that they're girlbosses and bullets will bounce off of them, just like they do off of Brie Larson's flat ass. If a few more Karens get ventilated that will stop.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (2ocoG)

334 This whistle kills fascists!

Posted by: Woody Gunthrie at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (4t1fl)

335 Yes, George! I don't where the hell Henry came form -- that was a VP under FDR I think, maybe ran for president himself one time.
Posted by: publius

Stalin's stooge.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

336 He *really* doesn't want to. Sending troops to invade American cities is a rubicon moment. We may have to cross that rubicon - and I think it would be fully justified if we do - but I am sure he would prefer not to. If he can bully them into compliance, that would be preferable to forcibly occupying an American city, imposing martial law, instituting curfews and searches, ramping up detainment, etc. I think he will do it if bullying fails, but it will be very hard to manage it in terms of "how it plays in Peoria" and may trigger massive actions in other Antifa stronghold cities.

It's a dangerous game all around. Better not to play it, but it's also a game where *all* players have to agree not to play. The hard left wants to play, and therefore everyone *has* to play.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (GyQIQ)

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The only option open then is to arrest Walz and Frey on corruption charges.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (Z8jzG)

337 Canada. Surrounded by the Lower 48, Alaska, and, soon, Orangeland (formerly Greenland). Heck of a bargaining postition.
Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (qoUKC)
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The Sabaton-lite videos with the Danish Flags and Vikings are already going up on YT. 30+ Yoorup troops land in Greenland and they're comparing it to Ukraine.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (rj6Yv)

338 You allowed to peacefully assemble on that side of the barricade. Once you cross over, it's no longer peacefully and now you're a target for a beatdown. If you throw shit over the barricade, - beatdown.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (BSdIE)

339 322 I just tell people, "cute daughter you have there. I hope an illegal doesn't rape & killer her like they did Laken Riley"

These retards will make Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy a virtue.

Don't encourage them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (c3sdc)

They already have with their 5-year-old "trans kids" and "gendering ceremonies" at unitarian universalist churches. They don't love or care about their kids as if they're real people - they're accessories that mommy uses to get attention and approval from her fucked-up social group.

Posted by: Look at my stunning and brave support of my trans child at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (TbWk/)

340 I would say deploy the Ghey Gas but, it would probably have no affect on that crowd.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)

341 324 Walz and other soft and gooey white folks
Posted by: Guilt Ridden White People Do Some Crazy Shit at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (R/m4+)

ewwwww

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (SSiCQ)

342 312 Well no, but it's not the specific object that matters, only the fantasy about an object that's not human. I of course wouldn't fuck a minotaur. That's gay. But Cheetara? One of those hot elves? Kitsune? Any of the hot alien girls that Kirk banged? Yes, in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

Well, at least you've given Bob from the FBI something to work with.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:51 PM (iXqHn)

343 331 JFK invoked the IA against Henry Wallace way back in the Civil Rights era.

Wallace stood in front of the door at the University of Alabama to prevent black students from registering.


George Wallace?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)
___

William Wallace
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

Gromit
Wallace

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:51 PM (SSiCQ)

344 340 I would say deploy the Ghey Gas but, it would probably have no affect on that crowd.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)

Would that make them all sooperghey or put them all the away around the bend to straight?

Posted by: Weird science at January 16, 2026 03:51 PM (TbWk/)

345 Those goats will be fucked then eaten by Minnesomalians.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (wBaIH)

346 >>They were sucking up to Xi back when Biden was still in too. It's not because of Trump.

Canada's biggest bargaining chip with Trump was the oil sands in Alberta. That was made largely irrelevant by our new bestie Venezuela.

Xi, however, is on the other end of that equation.

There are always 2nd and 3rd level effects to any action in geopolitics.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)

347 Marcia Wallace

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)

348 Nood mortgage rates

Posted by: Rex B at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (4t1fl)

349 337 Canada. Surrounded by the Lower 48, Alaska, and, soon, Orangeland (formerly Greenland). Heck of a bargaining postition.
Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 03:46 PM (qoUKC)
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Orangeland. Snort. Please let it be so.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (i0Hi3)

350 338 If you throw shit over the barricade,
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (BSdIE)

spend a night in the box

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:52 PM (SSiCQ)

351
nood cnn haz a sad

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (tljrc)

352 340 I would say deploy the Ghey Gas but, it would probably have no affect on that crowd.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)

heh

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (SSiCQ)

353 Would that make them all sooperghey or put them all the away around the bend to straight?
Posted by: Weird science


Could lead to animal sodomy.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (abIsI)

354 I would say deploy the Ghey Gas but, it would probably have no affect on that crowd.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)
==

That crowd smells like old gym socks and weed.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (rj6Yv)

355 342 312 Well no, but it's not the specific object that matters, only the fantasy about an object that's not human. I of course wouldn't fuck a minotaur. That's gay. But Cheetara? One of those hot elves? Kitsune? Any of the hot alien girls that Kirk banged? Yes, in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

Well, at least you've given Bob from the FBI something to work with.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 03:51 PM (iXqHn)

hahahaha
hahahahahahaha

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:53 PM (SSiCQ)

356 The best way to attack Karens is to make fun of them as much as possible. Ridicule is the secret weapon as they are doing it for self-validation so making them laughable will get rid of them.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 03:54 PM (Z8jzG)

357 356 The best way to attack Karens is to make fun of them as much as possible. Ridicule is the secret weapon as they are doing it for self-validation so making them laughable will get rid of them.
Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 03:54 PM (Z8jzG)

yep

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 03:54 PM (SSiCQ)

358 They were sucking up to Xi back when Biden was still in too. It's not because of Trump.

Its because of the huge amount of money laundering taking place in Vancouver and British Columbia by the Chinese cartels.

The politicians get to dip their beaks then look away.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (c3sdc)

359 Stop taking these people into custody. That costs the taxpayers more money.

Beat them down and leave them to fend for themselves. Let them take care of their own.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (BSdIE)

360 330 They were sucking up to Xi back when Biden was still in too. It's not because of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S.

Yeah, Justine gave them permission to station troops there, or something.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)
___________________________

This is off topic, and I hope we get a thread on this. Trump has been running the table setting up trade agreements worldwide and expanding previous agreements to include items that overlap what we trade with Canada (our second biggest trading partner next to Mexico). As a result, Trump's taking away Canada's negotiating leverage little by little until it's time to re-negotiate the USMCA (NAFTA)...which will be dissolved.

Canada doesn't have a leg to stand on, so they are cozying up to China, basically telling Trump, if you don't rub out backs, we'll go to China, and compromise security in the Western Hemisphere. China will need to fill the void (Venezuela and soon, Iran).

This summer's negotiations are going to be entertaining to say the least.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (dIske)

361 Have ponderdd ICe videos confronting a driver to get out of the vehicle and getting non compliance break the window. Better maybe flatten all tires, they won't get farceven if they don't get out.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

362 Where is PETA? I worry about those perverts getting anywhere near innocent baby goats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 02:46 PM (w6EFb)

they just kill them like the puppies and kittens they get.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)

363 Officer, may I suggest you use your flammenwerfer?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 04:22 PM (XMwZJ)

364 Where would ice house the whole crowd if the local police force is not cooperating?
The small crowds of violent protesters have the upper-hand and they know it.
Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 03:03 PM (F3Dlr)

I have some ideas.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

Truck them out to a warehouse somewhere for storage.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 04:43 PM (8avO+)

365 Layer 5: Fake medics.

Anyone arrested will claim "injury" or preexisting condition. They have individuals who are not medics in elaborate medic outfits, who are trained to rush up and interfere with the arresting officers under the guise of providing medical assistance. If you deny them, or arrest them, then you are a big meany, and they film that "cops won't allow doctor to see patient" sort of bullshit. If you do let them in they will delay and delay the arrest until the layer 2 grapplers can get into position to swoop in and free the arrestee or assault the officers. By the by, the "medics" are almost always obese women.

What I would do when these fake "medics" show is say in a loud voice "You're a medic? Then come with us to a secure location where you can treat this patient!" Take her with you, voluntarily. Then in private arrest her for interference. If she won't go, tell her to fuck off, or arrest her on the spot.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:49 PM (tV890)

366 361 Have ponderdd ICe videos confronting a driver to get out of the vehicle and getting non compliance break the window. Better maybe flatten all tires, they won't get farceven if they don't get out. Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

If they won't move the car, damage it so badly it can't be moved. Have a tow truck haul it off. Send it to an impound yard where the charge is $2,000/hour for storage. Within a day the value of the car is negative. Can't pay, oh well, the car is then crushed. $25,000 down the drain. Plus, fine the owner $5k for services to move the car.

Make this shit hyper expensive - you basically forfeit your car.

Antifa doesn't realize - two can play this bullshit psych game. So much of their tactics rely on our normal reasonableness. You have to realize it is all a tactic.

Look, when a car is parked illegally in front of a hydrant, the fire fighters have been known to bust the windows and run the hose through the car. Could they run it around the car? Sure. But the point is maximum pain for the asshat in front of the hydrant. Spend a day towing every single fucking car. cost them $200k per day.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 05:59 PM (tV890)

367 Don’t eat or f#ck the goats please.

Posted by: Kenneth King Neil at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (/g9JB)

For Some Reason AP and ABC "News" Cannot Even Guess At, Overdose Deaths In the US Plummeted in 2025

I wonder what could have caused this.

US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades

NEW YORK -- U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.

Federal data released Wednesday showed that overdose deaths have been falling for more than two years -- the longest drop in decades -- but also that the decline was slowing.

And the monthly death toll is still not back to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone where it was before the current overdose epidemic struck decades ago, said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University researcher who studies overdose trends.

"Overall I think this continues to be encouraging, especially since we're seeing declines almost across the nation," he said.

Overdose deaths began steadily climbing in the 1990s with overdoses involving opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths from heroin and -- more recently -- illicit fentanyl. Deaths peaked nearly 110,000 in 2022, fell a little in 2023 and then plummeted 27% in 2024, to around 80,000. That was the largest one-year decline ever recorded.


...


Researchers cannot yet say with confidence why deaths have gone down. Experts have offered multiple possible explanations: increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, expanded addiction treatment, shifts in how people use drugs, and the growing impact of billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlement money.

Apparently it's just impossible that stopping fentanyl imports and deporting Tren de Aragua drug-dealers contributed to the decline. It's not even worth a mention.

By the way, note that overdoses shot up during Fauci's (and Tucker Carlson's) shutdowns. More deaths that can be laid at their feet.


Two other theories recently joined the list....

In a paper published last week in the journal Science, University of Maryland researchers point to the drug supply. They say regulatory changes in China a few years ago appear to have diminished the availability of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl.

Their argument is based partly on information from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which last year reported that the purity -- and dangerous potency -- of fentanyl rose early in the COVID-19 pandemic but fell after 2022. It suggests it became harder to make fentanyl and its potency was diluted.

One piece of evidence for that: More U.S.-based Reddit users reported a fentanyl "drought" in 2023.

The authors connect that to signs that the Chinese government -- at the urging of U.S. officials -- took steps in 2023 to clamp down on the selling of substances used to make drugs. Information is limited on exactly what the Chinese government did, and the paper is a bit speculative, but "we thought we could make a case," said Peter Reuter, one of the authors.

Oh, so it is possible that US government action is responsible for part of the decline -- but only those steps taken by Biden.

Another mystery: Why did US serious crime rates fallen by unprecedented levels in 2025?

Must be something Biden did.

The U.S. is on pace for the largest one-year drop in murders the nation has ever recorded, according to an analysis by crime stats expert Jeff Asher.

The big picture: The decline in killings is part of a broader decrease in violent crime following the COVID-era spike. Mass killings in the U.S. also fell in 2025, reaching their lowest level since 2006.

The Real-Time Crime Index, which compiles data from 570 law enforcement agencies, shows a nearly a 20% decline in murders this year compared with the same period in 2024.
The database, which Asher used in his analysis, does not consider manslaughter, self-defense, negligence, or "accidental killings" for the statistics, according to its online glossary.
The database's statistics are currently available through October. The FBI will not release official 2025 violent crime data until sometime next year, though RTCI estimates have historically tracked closely with federal figures.
Other major crime categories measured by the index were also down nationwide and across locations of all population sizes, including motor vehicle thefts (23.2%), aggravated assaults (7.5%) and robbery (18.3%).

By the numbers: New York City and Memphis recorded nearly a 20% drop in murders compared with 2024, and Chicago saw them fall almost 28%.

New Orleans saw a decline of 7.5%, while Los Angeles County recorded murders dropping by nearly 19%.

...

State of play: President Trump has prioritized cracking down on violent crime in his second term, though there is no clear evidence linking his policies to the decline. Crime rates have been declining since 2021, according to data from both the RTCI and FBI.

LOL, sure. Definitely cite the fake FBI crime figures -- which do not include most blue cities crimes, because they refuse to report them. And we know blue cities routinely cook their crime figures.

Also note the deceptiveness of this statement. Crime didn't just decline in 2025 -- it plunged by 20%.

So the fact that it's been (allegedly) merely "declining" for a few years does nothing to explain the huge fall we saw in one year, when Trump took office again.

But Experts!

Trust the media:

Posted by: Ace at 01:30 PM




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1 Blade!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)

2 BLADE GOES BACK TO THE WELL FOR ANOTHER FIRST

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

3 FIRST

Posted by: GigantorX at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (l2Bmz)

4 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (sDpug)

5 Fuck!

Posted by: GigantorX at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (l2Bmz)

6 Two inches each? The burgers clearly just got out of the pool.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

7 Blade Sponge!

Posted by: Sponge Blade at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (C9oTe)

8 2 BLADE GOES BACK TO THE WELL FOR ANOTHER FIRST
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM


Drove your Chevy to the leveé, but the leveé was dry, eh?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (0sNs1)

9 Shit

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

10 "Fact Check: At 2" per burger, a thousand burgers would not reach one mile."

To say nothing of the effects of compression. I mean, we're talking paninis here. Trump is a liar!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

11 Occasionally on lefty forums the "caring, empathetic" liberals there will opine we need fewer white men and if drugs are the way to get that...let's legalize them

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

12 "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill!"

Posted by: Max Power at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (SwyyQ)

13 Shit
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

Best to not do that in the well and mess up someone's water supply.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (PFs9e)

14 Most of the gazillion lies the FNM claims Trump has made are examples like this where he uses traditional phrasing that isn't literally true as in "a mile high"

And no they don't fact check anyone else like this

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

15 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM

Comrade Flounder, thou hast caused much wailing, gnashing of teeth, and potty-mouthing. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (0sNs1)

16 That is exactly the type of fact check you would get from my daughter. Who is autistic.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (OoFl2)

17 2 BLADE GOES BACK TO THE WELL FOR ANOTHER FIRST
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

Denied.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (FpHTM)

18 Two other theories recently joined the list....

In a paper published last week in the journal Science, University of Maryland researchers point to the drug supply. They say regulatory changes in China a few years ago appear to have diminished the availability of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl.


That is actually plausible as a contributing factor. Personally, I think it's similar to what happened with crack. The younger brothers and sisters of all those people who OD'd decided that this was a lifestyle they didn't want.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (Riz8t)

19 State of play: President Trump has prioritized cracking down on violent crime in his second term, though there is no clear evidence linking his policies to the decline.

The FNM kept telling me, even in 2024, that Bidenflation was Trump's fault "with no clear evidence"

Of course they also claimed there was no Bidenflation at the same time

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

20 People used to pay attention to the Associated Press.

In a previous century.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)

21 "And the monthly death toll is still not back to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone where it was before the current overdose epidemic struck decades ago"

Overdose deaths during Covid due to ? people turning to drugs during their misery? Or possibly due to the bad effects of The Fake Vax? ... Or because hospitals were "closed" to anything but Covid cases? idk

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (vbXSk)

22 Willowed:

ICE is eating people in Minneapolis!!!!

Posted by: Shep Smith Comeback Tour at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (0e5Te)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (dK+Kv)

23 Fact Check.A fat bus driver living on Chauncey Street in NYC would often times threaten to send his wife to the Moon. Now, with the wife weighing 120 pounds, and the force delivered by a stiff uppercut and the distance to the Moon we rate this....

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (gm9Sb)

24 One cannot hate the media enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (2WIwB)

25 I hope Trump laughed at WaPO because the fact check really is stupidly funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (PFs9e)

26 I liked the term Factoid. Something that isn't literally and exactly true but everyone knows what you mean.

Reagan had a bunch of them. Yeah, the Welfare Cadillac Queen was in Chicago not New York, and it was seven children not 10, but we know what he meant.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (jc0TO)

27 7 Blade Sponge!
Posted by: Sponge Blade at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (C9oTe)

I am trying to eat salad! Don’t do this!

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (OoFl2)

28 Clearly the crackdown on illegal drugs and gangs has had an effect on declining overdoses. Duh. I will add another reason: it's now much harder to get prescription opioids than it was only a few years ago. Doctors used to give them out like candy, whether you needed them or not.

I think a lot of the overdoses started with normal people getting hooked on prescription opioids, thinking "my doctor keeps prescribing these for me, they must be OK." But they are highly addicting, and once you're on them it takes yuge will to get off.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

29 We may never know the motive reason

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (3AyDK)

30 Our new popo chief announced crime down 21 percent. Except for all the stabbings and shootings on any form of public transport.

Posted by: NCKate at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (uQzkA)

31 23 Fact Check.A fat bus driver living on Chauncey Street in NYC would often times threaten to send his wife to the Moon. Now, with the wife weighing 120 pounds, and the force delivered by a stiff uppercut and the distance to the Moon we rate this....
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:35 PM (gm9Sb)

OUTSTANDING!

Posted by: Shao Khan, Emperor of Outworld at January 16, 2026 01:36 PM (FpHTM)

32 The worst lies ANY President ever uttered, in terms of hurting actual Americans, were "if you like you doctor, you can keep your doctor, if you like your plan, you can keep your plan and the average American family will save $2,500 per year."
And JugEars McFuckstick KNEW these were lies when he said them over and over and over.....

Posted by: jimnmartin@gmail.com at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (MNCvZ)

33 So Biden's policies are finally beginning to pay off!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (L/fGl)

34 Headline (USA Today one week ago):

"Will PBS, NPR shut down? What to know after CPB announces closure"

Winning!

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)

35 And in other news, the entire house has come down with a stomach bug and it's knocking everyone for a loop, those who aren't chucking are trotting.

Not good at all.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (XV/Pl)

36 ICE is eating people in Minneapolis!!!!/i]

Wait are we sure this isn't just the climax of one of those ICE Harlequin romance novels?

"I was afraid Agent Jones was going to take my freedom...but he ended up taking my heart...and my naught bits!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

37 I love how the commies cite their precious "regulations" as the reason.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (3AyDK)

38 Apparently it's just impossible that stopping fentanyl imports and deporting Tren de Aragua drug-dealers contributed to the decline. It's not even worth a mention.
++++
Far from "stopped," but it may well be down quite a bit.

But it is probably more than that. There's more action against it at the street level, too. It's also normal for drugs to burn themselves out. Drugs have a season. It was heroin season and then cocaine season and then crack season and then meth season and then fentanyl season. Maybe there's a new season about to blossom forth as fentanyl finally starts to come under control.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (GyQIQ)

39 Weird.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (k5jIj)

40 >>>For Some Reason AP and ABC "News" Cannot Even Guess At, Overdose Deaths In the US Plummeted in 2025

The media's conversion to MiniTrue is complete.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (dK+Kv)

41 Experts will be the death of us all.

Posted by: Prediction Expert at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (oftw2)

42 The left: Cracking down on crime will have no effect on the crime rate

Also the left: Just because the crime rate went down after we cracked down on crime, again, is not proof!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)

43 Trump Lied, Burgers Fried

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (3AyDK)

44 Even my schadenboner is not a mile high.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (abIsI)

45 AP and ABC "News" pretty much explains it all, doesn't it? Two dumpster fires in a piss soaked alley, surrounded by discarded trash and human waste.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (U2OZr)

46 Those burgers were three inches thick, so a thousand would be well over a mile.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (vbXSk)

47 If Trump Let's Slip The Dogs of War on The Cartels, it would have so many ancillary and knock on benefits, your head would spin.

The days of The US being The Opium Den to The World are Over!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (XV/Pl)

48 Unexpectedly!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (3ZUWJ)

49 Will PBS, NPR shut down?

If you donate at the Contributor Level, you will receive a handy totebag.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)

50 Why porn stars shouldn't run for office.

https://is.gd/w5xWrG

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (L/fGl)

51 Oh, so it is possible that US government action is responsible for part of the decline -- but only those steps taken by Biden.
++++
That passage was laughable. Why would Red China take any such action? What evidence is there that they did? Keeping this going is viewed by Red China as being in her own best interest.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (GyQIQ)

52 Krokodil will be the New Rage!!!

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (pDt9x)

53 Oh sure! But say you have a mile of cars and you end up in court!

Posted by: Luke Fuchs' Daughter at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (0e5Te)

54 The rule is simple.

When a Democrat is in office all the bad things are the previous Republican’s fault. And when a Republican is in office all the good things are due to the previous Democrat’s time in office.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (kgFPv)

55 LOL, sure. Definitely cite the fake FBI crime figures -- which do not include most blue cities crimes, because they refuse to report them. And we know blue cities routinely cook their crime figures.

Posted by: Ace at 01:30 PM


The FBI crime statistics are easily gamed by a city. I used to do studies for my police department. I found that our violent crime (i.e., Homicide, Rape and Robbery) rate was 300% greater than the average for Ohio.

You know how my city dealt with bit of news? We stopped providing our crime data to the FBI: no data, no problem.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (pJWtt)

56 34 Headline (USA Today one week ago):

"Will PBS, NPR shut down? What to know after CPB announces closure"

Winning!


It's amazing what a huge impact losing their self-proclaimed tiny amount (a rounding error, really) of taxpayer money has had on the whole ecosystem.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)

57 43 Trump Lied, Burgers Fried
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (3AyDK)

Well, Chuck Schumer certainly wasn't going to be able to properly cook a burger.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (FpHTM)

58 A contributing factor might be the bulk of the fentanyl serious users are already dead.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (GGatE)

59 So the fact that it's been (allegedly) merely "declining" for a few years does nothing to explain the huge fall we saw in one year, when Trump took office again.

But Experts!

++++
Experts know everything and there is nothing they can't do. All glory to the experts!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (GyQIQ)

60 Trust the media:
++++
No.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (GyQIQ)

61 52 Krokodil will be the New Rage!!!
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (pDt9x)

That's old hat.

It's Jenkem time!

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (FpHTM)

62 Can't be true. I've been reliably told Trump isn't doing anything for the American people, just foreign policy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (viF8m)

63 Fraud Kings of Minneapolis might be a good band name.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (n5tGW)

64 It's Jenkem time!
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (FpHTM)
++++
Leroy Jenkem?

Posted by: Crossing the streams at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (GyQIQ)

65 If you donate at the Contributor Level, you will receive a handy totebag.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)
====

Is it a Nina Totenbergerbag ?

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

66 35 And in other news, the entire house has come down with a stomach bug and it's knocking everyone for a loop, those who aren't chucking are trotting.

Not good at all.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Only "both ends"caution I know is about burning candles, but I think your house has it worser.

Posted by: It's GO Time! at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (oftw2)

67 But it is probably more than that. There's more action against it at the street level, too. It's also normal for drugs to burn themselves out. Drugs have a season. It was heroin season and then cocaine season and then crack season and then meth season and then fentanyl season. Maybe there's a new season about to blossom forth as fentanyl finally starts to come under control.

Narrator: There's always a new season.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

68 "And now, because of Trump, the kids are off the Fentanyl and are raiding my wine boxes! Alexa, what should I do? (hic)".

Wine mom on a cul de sac

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (gm9Sb)

69 And JugEars McFuckstick KNEW these were lies when he said them over and over and over.....

Posted by: jimnmartin@gmail.com at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (MNCvZ)

I would say he doesn't know the truth from a hole in the wall but no, he's very familiar with those.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (3AyDK)

70 The crime rate declines even as incarceration rates soar.

Posted by: Fox Butterfield at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (jc0TO)

71 It's a conundrum.

Posted by: huerfano at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (98kQX)

72 Apparently it's just impossible that stopping fentanyl imports and deporting Tren de Aragua drug-dealers contributed to the decline. It's not even worth a mention.
++++
Far from "stopped," but it may well be down quite a bit.

But it is probably more than that. There's more action against it at the street level, too. It's also normal for drugs to burn themselves out. Drugs have a season. It was heroin season and then cocaine season and then crack season and then meth season and then fentanyl season. Maybe there's a new season about to blossom forth as fentanyl finally starts to come under control.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (GyQIQ)
______

Already has, bro. The new drug of choice is K. It's now the drug for the cool club kids. It's already starting to move upwards in age and demographics. Hunter Biden will be ODing on it soon.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

73 It's a conundrum.

A mystery wrapped in an enigma inside a cannoli.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)

74 Can't be true. I've been reliably told Trump isn't doing anything for the American people, just foreign policy.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 01:40 PM (viF8m)


It's almost as if sinking those high-speed motor boats being used to ferry drugs into the U.S. would help Americans! Crazy idea!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (pJWtt)

75 35 And in other news, the entire house has come down with a stomach bug and it's knocking everyone for a loop, those who aren't chucking are trotting.

Not good at all.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (XV/Pl)

Just wait until you're doing both simultaneously.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (FpHTM)

76 Robert's thoughts on the decline of opioid deaths.

A dead junkie only dies once. I guess no one is following in that guy's footsteps.

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (sDpug)

77 35 And in other news, the entire house has come down with a stomach bug and it's knocking everyone for a loop, those who aren't chucking are trotting.

Not good at all.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2026 01:37 PM (XV/Pl)

The flu is awful, noro virus is also circulating. Neither are fun and I am so sorry if this is what is plaguing your home. If it has just hit, or has been less than 48 hours and it’s positive for flu, Xofluza is pretty good at lessening the time and symptoms, better than tamiflu, plus it’s only one dose.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

78 Denver’s homicide fate fell in 1/2 in 2025 vs 2024. I wonder if deporting TdA gang bangers had any impact? Nah crazy talk.

San Francisco’s homicide rate in 2025 was a 70 year low. Total coincidence with closing the border and deporting criminal aliens I’m sure.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (kgFPv)

79 Trump has truly broken these people's brains.

Posted by: jmel at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (RWHIh)

80 If you donate at the Contributor Level, you will receive a handy totebag.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)

I'll admit you had me right before the last word.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (3AyDK)

81 68 "And now, because of Trump, the kids are off the Fentanyl and are raiding my wine boxes! Alexa, what should I do? (hic)".

Wine mom on a cul de sac

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:41 PM (gm9Sb)

No wonder they're taking to the streets!

Posted by: moki at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (wLjpr)

82 1000x0.25=250 feet. A mile is 5,280 feet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (9cHSL)

83 School age children are hotbeds of disease.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

84 >>It's almost as if sinking those high-speed motor boats being used to ferry drugs into the U.S. would help Americans! Crazy idea!


Whoa! Seriously? That's some next level stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (viF8m)

85 Who could forget mile high burgergate

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (YwEeS)

86 Illegals that deal drugs stay home when ICE is around, same as happened with those construction sites when ICE was in town.

Would really be nice if ICE or FBI started shutting down some of the Big Gangs Starts with the Latin Kings guy they caught stealing the rifle and ammo from an ICE vehicle, but that needs more focus on gangs, (which are surely full of illegals as they build their syndicates across America).

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (vbXSk)

87 You know how my city dealt with bit of news? We stopped providing our crime data to the FBI: no data, no problem.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

I watched a clip that showed 4 African American men incarcerated in Texas, all listed on the prison records as white. One example of manipulating crime data.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (F3Dlr)

88 Trump has truly broken these people's brains.
Posted by: jmel at January 16, 2026 01:43 PM (RWHIh)
====

Their 'truths' are being challenged in ways beyond their expectations. When a president puts iron in his words, the soy left melts in confusion, frustration, and boo-hoo-whinin'-and-cryin'.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (rj6Yv)

89 Why porn stars shouldn't run for office.

https://is.gd/w5xWrG
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (L/fGl)
____

She's actually more articulate and sounds smarter than 90% of the retards in the democrap party. Not joking.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

90

One mile high
And when you touch down
You find that you've gained twenty pounds

Posted by: Not the Byrds at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (pkeXY)

91 "1000x0.25=250 feet. A mile is 5,280 feet.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That's using White Supremacist Math ... not the My Feelings Count Math.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (vbXSk)

92 72 Already has, bro. The new drug of choice is K. It's now the drug for the cool club kids. It's already starting to move upwards in age and demographics. Hunter Biden will be ODing on it soon.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

Difficult to call it 'new' when it was already a popular club drug 25 years ago, though.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (FpHTM)

93 Their 'truths' are being challenged in ways beyond their expectations. When a president puts iron in his words, the soy left melts in confusion, frustration, and boo-hoo-whinin'-and-cryin'.

You're saying there's iron in Trump's words of death?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (Riz8t)

94 One way to increase the height of a raw burger is to put cheese on it

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (3AyDK)

95 Maybe, just maybe, they are lamenting this change, and not stopping the flow was by design?

Posted by: A Livingstone at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (KcDXb)

96 How many people have od on crack????

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (P4Pk9)

97 Another reason od's dropped is that so many drug users died in the last few years before 2025 there less of them to od

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (r8eU0)

98 The saying is, “no matter how much you hate the media, you don’t hate them enough”. Just remember the other side of that coin, “no matter how much you hate the media, they hate you more”.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (HvW4E)

99 A dead junkie only dies once. I guess no one is following in that guy's footsteps.
Posted by: Robert


I saw the movie Synchronic. Didn't much care for it but it did have a phrase I liked, junkie monkeys

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (L/fGl)

100 School age children are hotbeds of disease.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (3AyDK)

101 Maybe, just maybe, they are lamenting this change, and not stopping the flow was by design?

Posted by: A Livingstone at January 16, 2026 01:47 PM (KcDXb)

It dovetails with their Malthusian Climate Doomerism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (dK+Kv)

102 Germany’s political leadership is finally conceding that shutting down the country’s nuclear power plants was a costly mistake.

The economic driver of the EU made a miscalculation.

Also, I thought there was no maths on this top tier military based blog?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:49 PM (abIsI)

103 I remember picking up my nephew from daycare once.

As I was getting him he said he had to hug a friend first. So...he walked over to a girl with snot just dripping out of her nose on to the floor and before I could stop him he gave her a big hug.

And yes a little while later he had the same cold that girl must have had...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

104 Already has, bro. The new drug of choice is K. It's now the drug for the cool club kids. It's already starting to move upwards in age and demographics. Hunter Biden will be ODing on it soon.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

Difficult to call it 'new' when it was already a popular club drug 25 years ago, though.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (FpHTM)
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Yea, but "new" was modifying "of choice." K was always on the scene but it was well behind coke and moly/E in terms of consumption. Not any more.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

105 TGIF ...

anyway

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (g47mK)

106 It's like that famous headline from the NYT in the 80's:

"Crime Rates Fall Despite Increase in Prison Population"

It was something like that, bafflement how locking up criminals could reduce crime.

But, it's faked confusion--they know damned good and well.
What they're doing is massaging the soft brains of their readers with "known facts" that criminals don't cause crime.
That imprisonment is merely a manifestation of racism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (HXT0k)

107 New York Times: Overdose Deaths Rise Sharply in 2025

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (3AyDK)

108 Germany’s political leadership is finally conceding that shutting down the country’s nuclear power plants was a costly mistake.

A bunch of the left's oligarchs are heavily invested into AI now. And they need power, way more then "green energy" can provide.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

109 ...people in my office are supporting Maduro right this moment.

They think I can't hear them.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (FpHTM)

110 California: just as good at removing bears as fighting fires!

UPDATE: California bear under man's house is finally removed, immediately takes up residence under nearby homes

https://is.gd/PSX3qL

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Well, at least he's an American.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)

111 But what about my kung pao habit?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

112 The saying is, “no matter how much you hate the media, you don’t hate them enough”. Just remember the other side of that coin, “no matter how much you hate the media, they hate you more”.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (HvW4E)

There are things you know you hate the media for.

Then there are things that you know that you don't know you should hate the media for.

Still, there are things you don't know that you don't know that you should be hating the media for.

Posted by: Zombie Donald Rumsfeld at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (dK+Kv)

113 the Chicoms use the Opium Wars tactic on the West. Do not doubt it.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (g47mK)

114 California bear >>> Florida man

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:52 PM (77rzZ)

115 You know how my city dealt with bit of news? We stopped providing our crime data to the FBI: no data, no problem.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

I watched a clip that showed 4 African American men incarcerated in Texas, all listed on the prison records as white. One example of manipulating crime data.
Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 01:46 PM (F3Dlr)


That would be an easy thing to do. Just check the wrong box during intake processing.

I remember -- that was back in the late 1990s or early 2000s where there was some effort to get us to change our descriptor for "Black" to "African American." I ended that by asking how do I describe the race of a black person from Jamaica: "African Jamaican"?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:52 PM (pJWtt)

116 New York Post has something to report on the First Crackhead trib.al/vkUiAQx
Spoiler: Hunter is a deadbeat who is not paying for his daughter's upkeep.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 01:52 PM (gKWVE)

117 Our new popo chief announced crime down 21 percent. Except for all the stabbings and shootings on any form of public transport.
Posted by: NCKate

The Columbus PD has been underreporting all crime statistics for years if not decades.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 01:53 PM (cYBz/)

118 Well, at least he's an American.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)

Creatin' more jobs than the Mocha Messiah.

Posted by: Zombie Donald Rumsfeld at January 16, 2026 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)

119 The saying is, “no matter how much you hate the media, you don’t hate them enough”. Just remember the other side of that coin, “no matter how much you hate the media, they hate you more”.
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 16, 2026 01:48 PM (HvW4E)
++++
It's a bidirectional expressway of hatred and contempt.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:53 PM (GyQIQ)

120 But what about my kung pao habit?
Posted by: Bulg

Look, whatever two consenting adults do in the privacy of their pain room is none of my business.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 01:54 PM (cYBz/)

121 109 ...people in my office are supporting Maduro right this moment.

They think I can't hear them.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (FpHTM)

Now they're talking about the OJ trial.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)

122 Fewer ODs because the druggies are all dead now, tee hee! -- Diaper Ridin' Joe Biden

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (wBaIH)

123 Kung Pao is food I think.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (9cHSL)

124 ...people in my office are supporting Maduro right this moment.

They think I can't hear them.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (FpHTM)

Now they're talking about the OJ trial.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)
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They must be bored.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (GyQIQ)

125 But what about my kung pao habit?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

You're gonna go blind!

Posted by: Mama Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)

126 California bear >>> Florida man >>> Maryland man

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (L/fGl)

127 The left know, they just don’t want their voters to know President Trump’s actions are saving lives

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (o2ZRX)

128 Now they're talking about the OJ trial.
Posted by: XTC

I'm guessing they think he was innocent?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

129 83 School age children are hotbeds of disease.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

First year married to wife(teacher) I've never been so sick in my life..21 years later, rarely sick at all.

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (/6GbT)

130 California bear >>> Florida man >>> Maryland man
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (L/fGl)
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Bear > Man. Full stop.

Posted by: TikTok Woman at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (GyQIQ)

131 115 I remember back in the late 70s people getting pissed off at the use of light or medium complexion when describing somebody of African descent. Our Chief said it was something to do with the old brown bag bullshit. We all thought it was a pretty good description.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (gm9Sb)

132 102 Germany’s political leadership is finally conceding that shutting down the country’s nuclear power plants was a costly mistake.

The economic driver of the EU made a miscalculation.

Also, I thought there was no maths on this top tier military based blog?


Who could have guessed? Oh yeah, everyone.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (Riz8t)

133 The left know, they just don’t want their voters to know President Trump’s actions are saving lives

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (o2ZRX)

Political power, by any means necessary.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (dK+Kv)

134 .people in my office are supporting Maduro right this moment.

They think I can't hear them.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:51 PM (FpHTM)

Now they're talking about the OJ trial.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)
++++
They must be bored.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (GyQIQ)
______

Nah, it's their foreplay ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

135 UPDATE: California bear under man's house is finally removed, immediately takes up residence under nearby homes
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Officials are registering him to vote at each one.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (3AyDK)

136 121 Report them to HR for creating an unsafe work environment.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (wBaIH)

137 how do I describe the race of a black person from Jamaica: "African Jamaican"?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

lol, a news anchor in Canada once described a victim as an African American Canadian. Dual/triple citizen, I guess.

Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (F3Dlr)

138 There's no way to know how this is happening, they promised.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (5aZAZ)

139 California bear >>> Florida man >>> Maryland man
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (L/fGl)
++++
Bear > Man. Full stop.
Posted by: TikTok Woman at January 16, 2026 01:56 PM (GyQIQ)
_______

[Makes "call me" gesture]

-- Minotaur

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

140 With Maduro gone, 2026 stats will be even more awesome.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (NpAcC)

141 K is ketamine? The critter sedative? Thanks be to god I never dabbled in drugs. I had to delete a phone game this week because I was wasting too much time playing it rather compulsively.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (hhkIi)

142 Nah, it's their foreplay ....
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
+++++
Gross

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (GyQIQ)

143 Now they're talking about the OJ trial.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)

Let me guess. Racism

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (3AyDK)

144 CMPD every single day labels Hispanics as whites in the over night arrests record.

Posted by: NCKate at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (uQzkA)

145 Man with .454 Casull >> Bear in heat

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (abIsI)

146 The left know, they just don’t want their voters to know President Trump’s actions are saving lives
Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 01:55 PM (o2ZRX)


That's because - being materialists - they deny the human personhood of their voters, they're merely "things" to be used to gain/maintain power.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:59 PM (pJWtt)

147 I had to delete a phone game this week because I was wasting too much time playing it rather compulsively.
Posted by: PaleRider

Good. The AoSHQ should be your only compulsively visited site.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

148 One way to bring the ODs down a lot further is ban narcan or at least make it expensive.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (g8Ew8)

149 How did they segue from Maduro to OJ?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (XvL8K)

150 The HQ is antisocial media.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (jc0TO)

151 "California bear under man's house is finally removed, immediately takes up residence under nearby homes"

I scoffed at the residents for leaving that much space open, then remembered I've had a couple groundhogs dig their own holes and damage my waterlines (I think their holes let cold air in, which froze and cracked the lines).

Actually two ground hogs, at two houses, in the same year. Weird.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (vbXSk)

152 How did they segue from Maduro to OJ?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (XvL8K)
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People oppressed by a patriarchal racial supremacist system that railroads people of color?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (GyQIQ)

153 One very brown guy with the Aztec haircut and with the name John Doe was listed as white

Posted by: NCKate at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (uQzkA)

154 Is nothing still happening?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (9cHSL)

155 MSM: Biden's Venezuela policies finally forced Maduro from office.

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (GUOwU)

156 Describe the commie Mayor of NYC. Born in Uganda. Looks like a sleazy Greek Barbut dealer at a social club smoker.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (gm9Sb)

157 >> Researchers cannot yet say with confidence why deaths have gone down.

You got to love the proverbial “researchers”, as if that denotes some type of rigid, agreed-to, professional, unquestionable authority. lol.

I guess drug dealers are outside of their research parameters. Here’s a simple equation, when less product is available, fewer people overdose. I know that a simple thesis, but it’s one people on the front lines learned along time ago.

By the way, availability of drugs is also a factor in addiction treatment. When people with an addiction don’t have the drugs they think the need, they either get dead or they get help. Jackasses.

But in the end, it’s Jesus.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (rxwdW)

158 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it? Everyone's just shrugging and saying, "We reported it."

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (Yp6az)

159 How did they segue from Maduro to OJ?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (XvL8K)

Trump gets away with murder

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (3AyDK)

160
I lurve this place. Nearly all top 20 comments are taking shots at Blade. Even Fen took an early shot!

Don't change. Any of you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (QVmho)

161 Meghan Murphy
@MeghanEMurphy
I have determined that middle-upper class progressive millennial women are the worst of all demographics.
The combination of complete obsession with their own thoughts, trauma, mental illnesses, and very special uniqueness and a view of the world that centers on privilege/oppression has made them not only unable to deal with their own life problems effectively (I recommend stoicism and lifting weights) but also unable to see the world outside their own ideological/hyper-therapized framework.
They seem to think therapy language will resolve their own problems/relationship problems and ideological/political language will resolve the world's problems.
It's weird.
Probably uncoincidentally these are also the women who are all on anti-depressants, benzos for sleep, and anti-anxiety pills. And in therapy for life.
The 'my emotions are so very unique and special and need special pills and therapy to fix but actually none of it is fixable' thing combined with the 'I'm so empathetic and care so much about the oppressed of the world and oh gosh it's so upsetting how can anyone not be as empathetic and understanding as me' is probably the most annoying . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM (L/fGl)

162 Yabba dabba doo

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM (12/sY)

163 The latest from La-La Land ...

In a recent episode of her podcast, Candace Owens said Charlie Kirk told her he was a “time traveler” who was sent to “X-Men school,” and alleged he was monitored since childhood.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM (RHGPo)

164 K is ketamine? The critter sedative? Thanks be to god I never dabbled in drugs. I had to delete a phone game this week because I was wasting too much time playing it rather compulsively.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (hhkIi)
____

Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

165 Actually two ground hogs, at two houses, in the same year. Weird.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (vbXSk)

They must really have had a vendetta against you.

Posted by: pookysgirl at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (Wt5PA)

166 . . . combination of annoying personality traits.
Also they seem to make everything worse for themselves and everyone else.

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That's sexist!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (L/fGl)

167 K is ketamine? The critter sedative? Thanks be to god I never dabbled in drugs. I had to delete a phone game this week because I was wasting too much time playing it rather compulsively.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (hhkIi)
____

Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM


Good for weight loss?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (jc0TO)

168 In a recent episode of her podcast, Candace Owens said Charlie Kirk told her he was a “time traveler” who was sent to “X-Men school,” and alleged he was monitored since childhood.
Posted by: SMOD

Candace, darling, seek medical help. Seriously.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

169 I see my iPhone is updating. I wonder what new spyware is being installed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

170 "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill!"
Posted by: Max Power at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (SwyyQ)
______

[Golf clap]

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

171 Is tranq ketamine?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (9cHSL)

172 149 How did they segue from Maduro to OJ?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 02:00 PM (XvL8K)

Honestly no idea. They shut the door at one point, so I could only hear bits and pieces as they raised and lowered their voices.

From the parts I could gather, it sounded like one of them going on about how the Courts should do something about the Mean Orange Man black-bagging Maduro, which led the other one to start talking about court cases and segueing into OJ.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (uEmCf)

173 169 I see my iPhone is updating. I wonder what new spyware is being installed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

mine did it automatically last night. They changed the look and some things, I wish they would have left it alone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (uWKK8)

174 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it? Everyone's just shrugging and saying, "We reported it."

That's easy. The individuals with police powers involved were told to allow the money through. And they were told that because the people above them in the Biden Junta and the Walz admin were getting some of it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

175 >>>Good, 37, suffered two gunshot wounds to the right side of her chest, one to her left forearm and one “with protruding tissue on the left side of the patient’s head,” according to the report by the Minneapolis Fire Department. Blood was also flowing from her left ear, the report said.

A Mozambique Minneapolis?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (dK+Kv)

176 K is ketamine? The critter sedative? Thanks be to god I never dabbled in drugs. I had to delete a phone game this week because I was wasting too much time playing it rather compulsively.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (hhkIi)
____

Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM

Good for weight loss?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (jc0TO)
________

[Perks up]

-- Amy Schumer

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

177 Amazing how deporting life-long violent criminals brings down the crime rate.

And the part they really, really don't want to acknowledge: much of our crime is committed by the same people, they keep doing things again and again and again until someone stops them. Soros DAs have made a point of *not*stopping them.

Deport a guy who has dozens of arrests, fewer prosecutions (thanks, Soros DAs), and you will prevent dozens of future crimes committed.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (LlV+5)

178 From the parts I could gather, it sounded like one of them going on about how the Courts should do something about the Mean Orange Man black-bagging Maduro, which led the other one to start talking about court cases and segueing into OJ.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (uEmCf)

I will take that win, thank you.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (3AyDK)

179 "They must really have had a vendetta against you."
Posted by: pookysgirl

I did kill about three of them, so they got their revenge I guess. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 02:06 PM (vbXSk)

180 Kamala Harris cries about Trump giving the Ford employee the finger:
“The degradation of the office… that office belongs to the people!”

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Well, Joe and Kamala certainly didn't degrade the office.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:06 PM (L/fGl)

181 Man with .454 Casull >> Bear in heat
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (abIsI)


If I knew that I needed to shoot a bear, I'd use a big-bore rifle cartridge rather than a pistol cartridge. As powerful as the .454 Casull is, a bear could still rip your head off after you shot it. You need to use one the cartridges expressly intended for the large, dangerous game: at least the .378 Weatherby Magnum.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:06 PM (pJWtt)

182 171 Is tranq ketamine?
Posted by: Boss Moss


Tranq turns them into non-ambulatory zombies with incurable festering sores on their bodies. Stay there and fester so you can't come rob me.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:07 PM (abIsI)

183 168 In a recent episode of her podcast, Candace Owens said Charlie Kirk told her he was a “time traveler” who was sent to “X-Men school,” and alleged he was monitored since childhood.
Posted by: SMOD

Candace, darling, seek medical help. Seriously.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

I knew it! Was discussing on X on how you can tell what movies Candace liked because of where she rips off story lines for her fantasies. The Matrix and Inception are obvious favorites of hers, and I had noted that all this "sentinel" talk proved that she was a fan of X-Men comics back in the day. There it is!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK8)

184 96 How many people have od on crack????
Posted by: MAC V SOG

Saw a traffic stop bodycam video of a guy stopped who swallowed an unknown number of crack doses trying to conceal it from the cops. DRT on the curb while EMS was arriving. There's no Narcan for cocaine.

Posted by: It Happens at January 16, 2026 02:07 PM (oftw2)

185 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it?

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Because shut up, racist!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:08 PM (L/fGl)

186 Is tranq ketamine?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 02:04 PM (9cHSL)
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No, tranq is a different form of very powerful -- and very dangerous -- tranquilizer that was the cause of all the horrific skin-melting pics from a few years ago. You gotta be truly insane to take tranq. But it was a cheap, easy high so people did.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

187 BTW lefty forums are STILL alternating between:

Goode didn't hit the ICE agent with her car and therefore didn't have a reason to fire his weapon

and

Just because Good hit the ICE agent with her car didn't give him a reason to fire his weapon

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

188 Germany’s political leadership is finally conceding that shutting down the country’s nuclear power plants was a costly mistake.

A bunch of the left's oligarchs are heavily invested into AI now. And they need power, way more then "green energy" can provide.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

Green Energy can't heat homes in fairly mild Germany, much less run industry.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)

189 > In a recent episode of her podcast, Candace Owens said Charlie Kirk told her he was a “time traveler” who was sent to “X-Men school,” and alleged he was monitored since childhood.

She's loonier than an Art Bell caller.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (Yp6az)

190 Does anyone do the bath salts thing anymore? That was really big, like, 10 years ago.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)

191 This bikini blonde at the beach isn't fond of drugs:
http://tiny.cc/f4rx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (GyQIQ)

192 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it?

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Because shut up, racist!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:08 PM (L/fGl)

Buy the cops first.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:10 PM (8avO+)

193 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it? Everyone's just shrugging and saying, "We reported it."
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That's easy. The individuals with police powers involved were told to allow the money through. And they were told that because the people above them in the Biden Junta and the Walz admin were getting some of it
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)


I agree. With $9 billion in stolen cash available, I have no doubt that Democrat politicians were wetting their beaks, and state regulators were getting bribed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:10 PM (pJWtt)

194 184 Saw a traffic stop bodycam video of a guy stopped who swallowed an unknown number of crack doses trying to conceal it from the cops. DRT on the curb while EMS was arriving. There's no Narcan for cocaine.
Posted by: It Happens at January 16, 2026 02:07 PM (oftw2)

The guy who would scream his bloody head off, and then smile at the cops and say "Psych!", only to start screaming his head again off 10 seconds later?

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:10 PM (uEmCf)

195 Ketamine patches for pain management have been around for a while. I recall hearing about people eating them.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 02:10 PM (XvL8K)

196 Lol...the article is hilarious.

One piece of evidence for that: More U.S.-based Reddit users reported a fentanyl "drought" in 2023.

That would explain why they're angry and delusional. Cold turkey withdrawals are rough.

Also, that ABC news references that as an important data point shows their level of journalism.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (JCZqz)

197 I like the burgers piled a mile high.

Pedantic commie shits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

198 And the part they really, really don't want to acknowledge: much of our crime is committed by the same people, they keep doing things again and again and again until someone stops them. Soros DAs have made a point of *not*stopping them.

Deport a guy who has dozens of arrests, fewer prosecutions (thanks, Soros DAs), and you will prevent dozens of future crimes committed.


No, no that can't be it. It must be Trump and RACISM!!!

Posted by: An average AWFL at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (Riz8t)

199 181 Back in the old days when firearms makers would feature art work in their ads, one stood out. A startled fly fisherman in waders, a bear charging him, and the fisherman drawing his trusty K17 Masterpiece. Sorry, Smith and Wesson, that .22 is really, really gonna piss of Yogi.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (gm9Sb)

200 One of the interesting things we will probably see in the near future will be a recreational drug with no real physical side effects.

This, by the way, is one argument for the Fermi paradox.

The reason we aren't finding aliens is they are all high and/or in some version of The Matrix that they preferred to real life...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

201 BabylonBee: Progressive Researchers Claim They Are 15-20 Years From Finding Out What A Woman Is

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (RHGPo)

202 181 Man with .454 Casull >> Bear in heat
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (abIsI)

If I knew that I needed to shoot a bear, I'd use a big-bore rifle cartridge rather than a pistol cartridge. As powerful as the .454 Casull is, a bear could still rip your head off after you shot it. You need to use one the cartridges expressly intended for the large, dangerous game: at least the .378 Weatherby Magnum.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer


Not a handgun. Expert say, one of the best handguns to stave off an agitated bear attack is a 10MM autoloader with at least 15 rounds. I disagree.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (abIsI)

203 Well, Joe and Kamala certainly didn't degrade the office.
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Maybe because they moved Joe to the fake studio set of the office?

Also, Bill Clinton's humidor might weigh in on this subject.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (Dv3i1)

204 This bikini blonde at the beach isn't fond of drugs:
http://tiny.cc/f4rx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (GyQIQ)

She looks like a Mii version of herself.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (dK+Kv)

205 Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM

Word is the club scene is fading fast because the new generation of dudes won't buy women drinks.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

206 Fox Butterfield, call your office.

Posted by: alanon at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (OhUhe)

207 And the part they really, really don't want to acknowledge: much of our crime is committed by the same people, t/i]

My memory is the data on this is stark - these people cycle in out of prison, so the more time they are on the street the more crimes they commit.

AND you can see them progress from lower crimes like vandalism and petty theft to more serious crimes throughout their teenaged years...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

208 All Cafe denizens know that the bears are/have been out of control. I hope Ace adds groundhogs. They're so cute.

Posted by: Marmot Benevolent Association at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (oftw2)

209 Terrified Dutch students made to live side-by-side with 125 refugees to aid their 'integration' were subjected to years of sexual assault and violence, an investigation has reported.

Stek Oost, located in the Watergraafsmeer district of Amsterdam, was sold to the Netherlands as the dream solution to the housing and refugee crisis.

A total of 125 students and 125 refugees would live alongside each other, and were even encouraged to 'buddy up' so the migrants would adapt to life in the Netherlands more quickly.

But students living there told Dutch investigative documentary programme Zembla they faced multiple sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and even claimed a gang rape had taken place.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (RHGPo)

210 Does anyone do the bath salts thing anymore? That was really big, like, 10 years ago.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
_______

I think that's yesterday's news. BS was truly nasty. I think fent moved it to take over almost all of that market.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (iFTx/)

211 This bikini blonde at the beach isn't fond of drugs
http://tiny.cc/f4rx001


Overly broad hips throw off her waist to hip ratio.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (Riz8t)

212 The OD deaths went way down because of all of the money we spent on Somali owned drug counseling clinics.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (Wnqw0)

213 205 Word is the club scene is fading fast because the new generation of dudes won't buy women drinks.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

Generally, those kind of clubs weren't selling alcohol to begin with.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (uEmCf)

214 One of the interesting things we will probably see in the near future will be a recreational drug with no real physical side effects.

This, by the way, is one argument for the Fermi paradox.

The reason we aren't finding aliens is they are all high and/or in some version of The Matrix that they preferred to real life...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

They will just take it often enough to forget to eat and get physical effects that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (8avO+)

215 Does anyone do the bath salts thing anymore? That was really big, like, 10 years ago.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)


Junkies always go on the "next big thing." When I started as a cop in 1986, heroin was the narcotic of choice - cocaine was for the yuppies. When I retired in 2008, crack cocaine was the narcotic of choice. I've been out of the game for a long time, so it doesn't surprise me that they've found some other drug.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM (pJWtt)

216 how do I describe the race of a black person from Jamaica: "African Jamaican"?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

"African American by way of Jwmaica."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:14 PM (L/fGl)

217 The primary reason that Fentanyl took a dive in availability stems back to Trump's first term. The STOP Act of 2018 made it much more difficult for the Chinese to get Fentanyl into the US for cutting and distribution. This might surprise you, but the primary way it was done before 2018 was through the postal system, and express package companies. The STOP Act made that much more difficult. Before that, the Chinese would have derelict labs on the Mainland (indirectly financed by the CCP) create hybrids of the original Fentanyl formula and name it something else not on the restricting transit list. When that new hybrid because illegal, they'd repeat the process. Most of what they mailed (using false return addresses) was advertised on the dark web, and sent to Mexico and Canada, but a lot was sent to the US as well.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 02:14 PM (dIske)

218 89 Why porn stars shouldn't run for office.

https://is.gd/w5xWrG
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:38 PM (L/fGl)
____

She's actually more articulate and sounds smarter than 90% of the retards in the democrap party. Not joking.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
========
She's a giver, most Democrats are takers.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:14 PM (WDjG6)

219 >>>Oh sure! But say you have a mile of cars and you end up in court!

Wy don't you see for yourself judge??!

Posted by: Rudy Russo at January 16, 2026 02:15 PM (jGJov)

220 But students living there told Dutch investigative documentary programme Zembla they faced multiple sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and even claimed a gang rape had taken place.

If you were to ask a random group of 3rd world muslim men what they would do if shacked up with a bunch of Euro teen girls they'll TELL YOU that they'll sexually assault them - both because Islam tells them to AND because "obviously they want it"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

221 181 Man with .454 Casull >> Bear in heat
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 01:58 PM (abIsI)

If I knew that I needed to shoot a bear, I'd use a big-bore rifle cartridge rather than a pistol cartridge. As powerful as the .454 Casull is, a bear could still rip your head off after you shot it. You need to use one the cartridges expressly intended for the large, dangerous game: at least the .378 Weatherby Magnum.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer

Not a handgun. Expert say, one of the best handguns to stave off an agitated bear attack is a 10MM autoloader with at least 15 rounds. I disagree.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (abIsI)


OK, I misunderstood. We seem to be in violent agreement!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:15 PM (pJWtt)

222 Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM

Word is the club scene is fading fast because the new generation of dudes won't buy women drinks.


That's temporary. A few brave pioneers will see an untapped market, and garner more than their share of babes. Then the rest will follow them, and do their "we are two wild and crazy guys" thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

223 I just saw a Youtube video of a fisherman out in a river in waders, attacked from behind, bitten on the ass by an angry beaver. Trump is driving the entire animal world nuts!

Posted by: ASPCA at January 16, 2026 02:16 PM (oftw2)

224 But students living there told Dutch investigative documentary programme Zembla they faced multiple sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and even claimed a gang rape had taken place.
Posted by: SMOD

One of the students, who preferred to remain anonymous, stated "As unpleasant as anal rape is, not to mention the stabbing that almost cut my artery, I'd do it again. I'm no racist."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

225
OK, I misunderstood. We seem to be in violent agreement!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer


No worries. Any conversation that includes firearms is a good conversation.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (abIsI)

226 Yea. It blends a bit of a "high" (increased heart and blood rate) like coke, but with euphoric, hallucinatory effects like molly/E. No wonder it's very popular with the club scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:02 PM

Word is the club scene is fading fast because the new generation of dudes won't buy women drinks.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 16, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)
_____

Still lines around the block and strict rope policies at the high-end clubs. I don't know about the scene at the lesser clubs. But I think wherever there are girls, there will be guys looking to impress them.

Oddly, the lesbo scene is exactly as you describe: lesbians don't buy drinks for each other.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

227 Did anybody notice that Former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

228 Overly broad hips throw off her waist to hip ratio.
___

Um, gay.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (Dv3i1)

229 >>>For Some Reason AP and ABC "News" Cannot Even Guess At, Overdose Deaths In the US Plummeted in 2025

In our defense, we're not very smart.

--AP & ABC

Posted by: No Name Today at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (8mulE)

230 This bikini blonde at the beach isn't fond of drugs:
http://tiny.cc/f4rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Call me Huey Lewis

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (ItWcy)

231 how do I describe the race of a black person from Jamaica: "African Jamaican"?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

"African American by way of Jwmaica."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 02:14 PM (L/fGl)


LOL.

That reminds me some Olympic game Mrs. Cop was watching when one of the "talking heads" described some black African dude as "African American." LOL

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:18 PM (pJWtt)

232 227 He was never from here.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 02:18 PM (gm9Sb)

233 I just saw a Youtube video of a fisherman out in a river in waders, attacked from behind, bitten on the ass by an angry beaver.

Aquachigger ?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:18 PM (abIsI)

234 Renee Nicole Good, the woman fatally shot by a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last week, was found with four gunshot wounds, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported, citing a fire department incident report.

Good, 37, suffered two gunshot wounds to the right side of her chest, one to her left forearm and one “with protruding tissue on the left side of the patient’s head,” according to the report by the Minneapolis Fire Department. Blood was also flowing from her left ear, the report said.

Initial reports indicated Good had been shot three times during the Jan. 7 incident.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:18 PM (RHGPo)

235 This non bikini wearing looker looks good in their swim attire as well:

https://tinyurl.com/65mhsjfr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 02:18 PM (ZeH0U)

236 Oh sure! But say you have a mile of cars and you end up in court!
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What's longer, a mile of cars or a mile of burgers?

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (3AyDK)

237 This bikini blonde at the beach isn't fond of drugs:
http://tiny.cc/f4rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:09 PM (GyQIQ)
_____

I'll bet you any amount of money that girl can often be found in the company of rich guys with piles of drugs and she eagerly partakes ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

238 Everybody knows that the most infamous and storied pirate was African-Americanbeard.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (uEmCf)

239 207 And the part they really, really don't want to acknowledge: much of our crime is committed by the same people, t/i]

My memory is the data on this is stark - these people cycle in out of prison, so the more time they are on the street the more crimes they commit.

AND you can see them progress from lower crimes like vandalism and petty theft to more serious crimes throughout their teenaged years...
Posted by: 18-1
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You would be correct. Prison often was just finishing school for criminals but to get there, almost always was a long line of more petty arrests, jail time, dropped charges, and a sealed juvie record.

The dirty secret in somewhere like Chicago, roughly 10000 criminals, usually in gangs, are responsible for most violent crime in the city and a big proportion of non violent crimes as well.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (WDjG6)

240 .
ABC News mascot, the fucking mongoloid.

Posted by: Marooned at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (kt8QE)

241 "BabylonBee: Progressive Researchers Claim They Are 15-20 Years From Finding Out What A Woman Is
Posted by: SMOD"

Maybe it would be easier for the left to determine what a man is and then use that to declare all others as women. Or would they screw that up somehow?

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (GUOwU)

242 Still lines around the block and strict rope policies at the high-end clubs. I don't know about the scene at the lesser clubs. But I think wherever there are girls, there will be guys looking to impress them.

Oddly, the lesbo scene is exactly as you describe: lesbians don't buy drinks for each other.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)
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At least in Vegas, the rope lines are all total bullshit designed to create the illusion of a packed house that everyone is still willing to wait hours to get into because it's just that Cool.

The reality is that anyone dumb enough to stand in the rope line basically never gets in unless they're a female and at least a 9 or 10. If you want to get in you buy bottle service or kiss the promoter's ass enough, and when you get inside you realize that the place is at 40% capacity.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (5aZAZ)

243 Synchronic was a cool concept for a movie horribly executed.

Posted by: Max Power at January 16, 2026 02:20 PM (OJQTQ)

244 Elon Musk is a true African American.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:20 PM (abIsI)

245 https://tinyurl.com/65mhsjfr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Not nice, Fen.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

246 Why aren't we still smoking bath salts and eating people's faces? Has that frabjous cultural moment passed?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 02:20 PM (zUe/H)

247 Trump absolutely got elected over the crime epidemic in America.

I just hope Republicans arent a victim of their own success by solving the problem so much that the small amount of white women up for grabs now feel comfortable voting Progressive

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 02:21 PM (eIzlH)

248 Aquachigger ?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Yes happened 4 years ago, I guess.

Posted by: ASPCA. at January 16, 2026 02:21 PM (oftw2)

249 207 And the part they really, really don't want to acknowledge: much of our crime is committed by the same people, t/i]

My memory is the data on this is stark - these people cycle in out of prison, so the more time they are on the street the more crimes they commit.

AND you can see them progress from lower crimes like vandalism and petty theft to more serious crimes throughout their teenaged years...
Posted by: 18-1
=====
You would be correct. Prison often was just finishing school for criminals but to get there, almost always was a long line of more petty arrests, jail time, dropped charges, and a sealed juvie record.

The dirty secret in somewhere like Chicago, roughly 10000 criminals, usually in gangs, are responsible for most violent crime in the city and a big proportion of non violent crimes as well.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (WDjG6)


I've always said that the rule-of-thumb is that 10% of the population commits 90% of the crime. That does seem to need to be revised for the Somalis, however. That is a demographic that has a true passion for criminal activity.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:21 PM (pJWtt)

250 Colorado State University (CSU) is moving full steam ahead with a massive, taxpayer-funded “Bat Resource Center.”

This new facility, which is bankrolled by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the very same agency that funded dangerous research in Wuhan, will import and breed exotic bats to experiment on them with deadly pathogens.

The facility is being touted by the university as a “critical resource” to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola, Nipah, and SARS-CoV-2 without getting sick.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (RHGPo)

251 Holy crap.


Why do some people NEVER STFU?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (W2Pud)

252 247 I just hope Republicans arent a victim of their own success by solving the problem so much that the small amount of white women up for grabs now feel comfortable voting Progressive
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 02:21 PM (eIzlH)

Same as it ever was. When things are bad, vote for Daddy to come home and beat people's asses.

When things feel safe again, vote for feel-good bullshit.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (uEmCf)

253 Why aren't we still smoking bath salts and eating people's faces? Has that frabjous cultural moment passed?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 02:20 PM



FESTIVAL!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (jc0TO)

254 Now I have a raging headache and want to kill someone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (W2Pud)

255 Good, 37, suffered two gunshot wounds to the right side of her chest, one to her left forearm and one “with protruding tissue on the left side of the patient’s head,” according to the report by the Minneapolis Fire Department. Blood was also flowing from her left ear, the report said.

Initial reports indicated Good had been shot three times during the Jan. 7 incident.
Posted by: SMOD

Sounds like she was already dead from the first shot through the windshield, that would have been the headshot. Protruding brain tissue, almost no chance for survival. A headshot with enough energy literally can cause an explosive effect on brain tissue from hydrostatics.

When a shot is noted on a forearm, that could be associated with the bullets in the side as well. ICE is certainly using barrier penetrative rounds like the Hornady Critical Duty so that desired penetration in glass, steel, and bodies obtains.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (WDjG6)

256 Colorado State University (CSU) is moving full steam ahead with a massive, taxpayer-funded “Bat Resource Center.”

This new facility, which is bankrolled by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the very same agency that funded dangerous research in Wuhan, will import and breed exotic bats to experiment on them with deadly pathogens.

The facility is being touted by the university as a “critical resource” to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola, Nipah, and SARS-CoV-2 without getting sick.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (RHGPo)

I did some land survey CAD work for that project at my last job. I called it Wuhan West. Glad I left.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (PSEDc)

257 Not nice, Fen.
Posted by: Bulg

I don't know him. But seeing him interviewed he seems like an appropriately nice guy when he needs to be, and also smart and determined.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (ZeH0U)

258 This non bikini wearing looker looks good in their swim attire as well:

https://tinyurl.com/65mhsjfr


A Saint George's Cross tattoo? The guy better be careful about travelling to Britain.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm)

259 Good shoot

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (3AyDK)

260 The dirty secret in somewhere like Chicago, roughly 10000 criminals, usually in gangs, are responsible for most violent crime in the city and a big proportion of non violent crimes as well.
Posted by: whig

Could have swore I read that if you locked up 1,400 peole,crime would drop 80%.

Posted by: Windbag City at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (oftw2)

261 Still lines around the block and strict rope policies at the high-end clubs. I don't know about the scene at the lesser clubs. But I think wherever there are girls, there will be guys looking to impress them.

Oddly, the lesbo scene is exactly as you describe: lesbians don't buy drinks for each other.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)
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At least in Vegas, the rope lines are all total bullshit designed to create the illusion of a packed house that everyone is still willing to wait hours to get into because it's just that Cool.

The reality is that anyone dumb enough to stand in the rope line basically never gets in unless they're a female and at least a 9 or 10. If you want to get in you buy bottle service or kiss the promoter's ass enough, and when you get inside you realize that the place is at 40% capacity.
Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 02:19 PM (5aZAZ)
____

At 11 pm, yes. But at 2 am, no. These places don't get busy until very late, but they will all eventually reach capacity and then some. The popular ones anyway. Businesses can't survive at 40% capacity, and bars/clubs are a low-margin business as it is.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

262 I've always said that the rule-of-thumb is that 10% of the population commits 90% of the crime. That does seem to need to be revised for the Somalis, however. That is a demographic that has a true passion for criminal activity.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Euro land had problems with the Albanians and later Ukrainians for similar reasons and if you want to cause a Euro to foam at the mouth, ask them about gypsies in their country.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (WDjG6)

263 So, not bad shooting. Considering, not surprising she got a head shot.

I am still stuck on 'WHY DO YOU HAVE REAL BULLETS?!?!'

These retards were lambs to a slaughter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)

264
I think that's yesterday's news. BS was truly nasty. I think fent moved it to take over almost all of that market.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM

You are the AOS intrepid nightlife correspondent forevermore.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (fszBn)

265 Not a handgun. Expert say, one of the best handguns to stave off an agitated bear attack is a 10MM autoloader with at least 15 rounds. I disagree

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The best gun to stave off a bear attack is the gun you are carrying at the time of the bear encounter.

Bob: "that bear is running right for us and he looks pissed"
Mike: "dammit, I only have my 9mm, what are we going to do"
Bob: "let's run to the truck and get the 50cal"
Bear [biting into Bob's head] "I love these things, crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside..."

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (Wnqw0)

266 Now I have a raging headache and want to kill someone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (W2Pud)

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*Runs away serpentine*

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (2UnvF)

267
Oh sure! But say you have a mile of cars and you end up in court!
Posted by: Luke Fuchs' Daughter at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (0e5Te)



Heh. I was just thinking about that movie.

Yellow primer...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (y9nCu)

268 >>Did anybody notice that Former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth ?


Is he back at HIAS?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (LlV+5)

269 Renee Good: how do I stop ICE?
Leftist instructor: use your head

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 02:26 PM (r8eU0)

270 Oglala Sioux Chief Lied About ICE Locking up Tribe Members

.. that's it .. no more land acknowledgements

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:26 PM (RHGPo)

271 I think that's yesterday's news. BS was truly nasty. I think fent moved it to take over almost all of that market.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:13 PM

You are the AOS intrepid nightlife correspondent forevermore.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 16, 2026 02:25 PM (fszBn)
____

Someone's gotta do it!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

272 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (Wnv9h)

273 261 At 11 pm, yes. But at 2 am, no. These places don't get busy until very late, but they will all eventually reach capacity and then some. The popular ones anyway. Businesses can't survive at 40% capacity, and bars/clubs are a low-margin business as it is.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

In my club days, most of the ones I went to weren't the "Meat Market" hook-up-and-drink nightclub style. They were pretty much all raver clubs that didn't sell booze (or anything except water, actually), heh.

And more than one got raided by the cops a few times.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (uEmCf)

274 Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (WDjG6)

Damn, 4 shots 4 hits while moving, and target is in a moving vehicle?

That is some damn fine shootin.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)

275 Could have swore I read that if you locked up 1,400 peole,crime would drop 80%.
Posted by: Windbag City

I am referring to an older Univ. of Chicago study of Chiraq. I think the 1400 is more recent and refers to shooty type crimes but I could be wrong.

In every major metro city, the killers overwhelmingly had prior record of violence, and the deceased usually had criminal records as well.
That is because disputes over drug dealing and the resulting gang disputes are why urban areas are violent far beyond most other jurisdictions in the US.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:28 PM (WDjG6)

276 Renee Good: how do I stop ICE?
Leftist instructor: use your head
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 02:26 PM


What was the last thing that went through Renee's mind as she gunned the SUV?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)

277 You are the AOS intrepid nightlife correspondent forevermore.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Elric likes to boogie. So did I. In 1975.

Posted by: Club 802-Warm Beer-Lousy Food at January 16, 2026 02:28 PM (oftw2)

278 Damn, 4 shots 4 hits while moving, and target is in a moving vehicle?

That is some damn fine shootin.
Posted by: Romeo13

And the ICE agent was wounded, kept his presence of mind, and stopped the assault. He was taken by surprise as well as he was doing a 360 videoing of the car for evidence when Ms. Karen Deathwheels decided to go YOLO.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (WDjG6)

279 At 11 pm, yes. But at 2 am, no. These places don't get busy until very late, but they will all eventually reach capacity and then some. The popular ones anyway. Businesses can't survive at 40% capacity, and bars/clubs are a low-margin business as it is.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

In my club days, most of the ones I went to weren't the "Meat Market" hook-up-and-drink nightclub style. They were pretty much all raver clubs that didn't sell booze (or anything except water, actually), heh.

And more than one got raided by the cops a few times.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (uEmCf)
_____________

I've been to many raves. I can't say it wasn't fun. It was. A lot. You know why they sold water, right? LOL.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

280
What was the last thing that went through Renee's mind as she gunned the SUV?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)


135 grains of lead and gilding metal

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (y9nCu)

281 What was the last thing that went through Renee's mind as she gunned the SUV?
Posted by: toby928(c)

What is a bullet.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (WDjG6)

282 Elric likes to boogie. So did I. In 1975.
Posted by: Club 802-Warm Beer-Lousy Food at January 16, 2026 02:28 PM


I had platform shoes tall as Kiss Destroyer boots, as was the style at the time.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

283 Just got here, but this story is a real bonfire of vanities. For decades the "experts" have been saying that you can not reduce drug deaths through
- reducing supply -- the demand will drive supply
- increasing consequences -- no we must provide narcan
- reducing dealers -- there are always more thugs to take their place
- higher user prison sentences to reduce demand -- they can't control themselves.

No, the only way to reduce drug use is to give free needles and coddle them with free cash. It's science!

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (D5z+u)

284 In my club days, most of the ones I went to weren't the "Meat Market" hook-up-and-drink nightclub style. They were pretty much all raver clubs that didn't sell booze (or anything except water, actually), heh.

And more than one got raided by the cops a few times.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (uEmCf)
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Username checks out.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (5aZAZ)

285 What does this have to do with golfing on the moon?

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (UjdFS)

286 279 I've been to many raves. I can't say it wasn't fun. It was. A lot. You know why they sold water, right? LOL.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

I do, but I'll act like I'm clueless and say I don't if it makes anyone feel better.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (uEmCf)

287 What's black and white and red all over and can't turn around in an elevator?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (jc0TO)

288 No, the only way to reduce drug use is to give free needles and coddle them with free cash. It's science!

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (D5z+u)

That's not compassion. That's a death sentence.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

289 Initial reports indicated Good had been shot three times during the Jan. 7 incident.
Posted by: SMOD

Sounds like she was already dead from the first shot through the windshield, that would have been the headshot. Protruding brain tissue, almost no chance for survival. A headshot with enough energy literally can cause an explosive effect on brain tissue from hydrostatics.

When a shot is noted on a forearm, that could be associated with the bullets in the side as well. ICE is certainly using barrier penetrative rounds like the Hornady Critical Duty so that desired penetration in glass, steel, and bodies obtains.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (WDjG6)


That shot in the windshield punched right through. Frangible pistol projectiles often break up when hitting laminated windshields.

Good's death is regrettable in that, as a Christian, I believe that every human life has value, but she made every bad decision that led to her death. She progressed from Obstructing Law Enforcement, to Resisting Arrest, to Attempted Vehicular Homicide.

Whether she intended to strike the ICE officer or tried to flee in a blind panic is irrelevant.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (pJWtt)

290 The estimated total number of firearms in civilian possession from 1990–2023 is 506.1 million, according to data in reports such as ATF Firearms Commerce in the United States, ATF AFMER and Congressional Research Service and including the collective ATF AFMER reports up to the 2023 edition.

CONGRATULATIONS ALL

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (RHGPo)

291 135 grains of lead and gilding metal
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (y9nCu)

9mm then? Weren't the feds trying to change over to .40 or is that dead?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (zZu0s)

292 It seems incredibly stupid to think that ICE wouldn't have guns, but hopefully the word has gotten out now and the protesters now will not be as stupid as Renee was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (ZeH0U)

293 Just got here, but this story is a real bonfire of vanities. For decades the "experts" have been saying that you can not reduce drug deaths through
- reducing supply -- the demand will drive supply
- increasing consequences -- no we must provide narcan
- reducing dealers -- there are always more thugs to take their place
- higher user prison sentences to reduce demand -- they can't control themselves.

No, the only way to reduce drug use is to give free needles and coddle them with free cash. It's science!

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)


It's that "solve everything easily" switch the "experts" swear up and down doesn't exist, but Trump keeps seeming to just accidentally hit with his elbow or something...a mystery, it is...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (OUMaO)

294 I've been to many raves. I can't say it wasn't fun. It was. A lot. You know why they sold water, right? LOL.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

I do, but I'll act like I'm clueless and say I don't if it makes anyone feel better.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:30 PM (uEmCf)
______

[Listening in and taking notes]

-- Bob from NSA

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (iFTx/)

295 The estimated total number of firearms in civilian possession from 1990–2023 is 506.1 million, according to data in reports such as ATF Firearms Commerce in the United States, ATF AFMER and Congressional Research Service and including the collective ATF AFMER reports up to the 2023 edition.

CONGRATULATIONS ALL
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM


Somebody isn't carrying their weight.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:32 PM (jc0TO)

296 What's black and white and red all over and can't turn around in an elevator?

Talcum X if he put on another 50 lbs?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

297 >>No, the only way to reduce drug use is to give free needles and coddle them with free cash. It's science!


Not just free needles, but a safe space to shoot up, complete with narcan handy, so that they can OD, be revived, then repeat that cycle.

This is what they consider to be "caring." Keeping the dealer's customers alive longer, while never helping them stop using drugs.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:33 PM (LlV+5)

298 A nun, with spears through her head!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:33 PM (jc0TO)

299 Double taps to the right side of the chest seem to be effective.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 02:33 PM (9cHSL)

300 from The Atlantic on Jan. 15: “MAGA’s Jewish Intellectuals Helped Create Their Own Predicament.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (RHGPo)

301 Wouldn't a Par 3 be 2,000 yards on the Moon? Or has this already been hashed out?

Posted by: Moon Mullins at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (oftw2)

302 262 Heh. Gypsies. Some years ago, a band in their usual station wagons invaded a small town not far from my home town in Ohio. They hit what was best described as a general store, totally taking over the place and then removing anything of value. The owner of the store was on TV, saying the first things they carted off was the cigarettes and the safe. Leavittsburg, OH, described by the feds as a rural slum.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (gm9Sb)

303 Not a handgun. Expert say, one of the best handguns to stave off an agitated bear attack is a 10MM autoloader with at least 15 rounds. I disagree.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2026 02:11 PM (abIsI)
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For handguns, the bullet composition is more important than the caliber. The preferred medicine for 10mm is something like the Underwood 200 grain solid (lead) cast cartridge.

If it was me, I'd carry a .45-70 short-barreled lever-action rifle.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (rj6Yv)

304
Say her name!

A rioters was shot!

Good! Good!

Say her name!

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (3AyDK)

305 Fentanyl price domestically is at record low as agents flood Home Depots

Fentanyl inflation goes negative saving Americans millions
Mainstream media ignores it !

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (PPp1e)

306 297 This is what they consider to be "caring." Keeping the dealer's customers alive longer, while never helping them stop using drugs.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:33 PM (LlV+5)

Why keep them alive when there's no more reliable Democrat voter than a dead person?

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (uEmCf)

307 Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:23 PM (WDjG6)

Damn, 4 shots 4 hits while moving, and target is in a moving vehicle?

That is some damn fine shootin.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 16, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)


The speed with which he cleared his holster with his sidearm was pretty impressive. It's obvious to me that he spends a lot practice time at the shooting range.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:34 PM (pJWtt)

308 Florida Eye Institute P.A., Clay Eye Holdings LLC, Miami Eye LLC, Retina Macula Specialist of Miami LLC, and Kendall Eye Institute Inc. had a kickback arrangement with a testing company to accomplish their scheme between 2018 and 2022. They violated multiple laws and defrauded Medicare and Medicaid in the meantime. The whistleblower who filed against them under the False Claims Act is set to receive about $1.14 million of the settlement money.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:35 PM (RHGPo)

309 When CO was considering creating needle exchange sites, with spaces to shoot up, people from cities that already had these shared the horror stories.
Not only is it cruel to allow addicts to OD repeatedly, it creates a central location for dealers -- it becomes a huge draw, bringing in more dealers with more drugs to the area.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 02:35 PM (LlV+5)

310 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

311 That shot in the windshield punched right through. Frangible pistol projectiles often break up when hitting laminated windshields.

Good's death is regrettable in that, as a Christian, I believe that every human life has value, but she made every bad decision that led to her death. She progressed from Obstructing Law Enforcement, to Resisting Arrest, to Attempted Vehicular Homicide.

Whether she intended to strike the ICE officer or tried to flee in a blind panic is irrelevant.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
=====
Critical Duty is bonded bullet with a polymer expander ball. Designed for deep penetration of car bodies and windshields in particular. There are some others out there but I personally prefer more expansion as I am NOT going to be shooting through barriers, walls, etc. as a citizen.

The 147 gr. 9mm have made a comeback as the bullet designs are far better at expanding nowadays except in micro compacts. Ironically perform somewhat better than the old FBI load in revolvers using a 158 +p lead SWC hollowpoint.

40 S&W and 45 ACP are still damn good rounds that both penetrate and expand a bit better in but require better recoil management or a heavier firearm.




Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:36 PM (WDjG6)

312 158 Can someone explain to me how everyday cops can seize your money if you're carrying more than a few hundred on you. Then make you prove it's legally earned. But when Somalis travel through airports with millions of dollars in a suitcase nobody can do anything about it? Everyone's just shrugging and saying, "We reported it."
Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 02:01 PM (Yp6az)

Two Americas, two sets of laws. One for us chumps, none for the approved criminal class.

Posted by: Makes me feel warm and tingly at January 16, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)

313 Yale Achieves Academic Nirvana: Study Cannot Find A Single Republican Donor on the Faculty

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:37 PM (RHGPo)

314 That drop in fentanyl price is yuge!
Americans spent about 2.5 trillion on fentanyl. Even a 10% price drop would save Americans 250 billion!

Also, I'm retarded.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 16, 2026 02:37 PM (PPp1e)

315 Double taps to the right side of the chest seem to be effective.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2026 02:33 PM (9cHSL)

I'd say double taps to the left side works in a pinch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

316 It seems incredibly stupid to think that ICE wouldn't have guns, but hopefully the word has gotten out now and the protesters now will not be as stupid as Renee was.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 02:31 PM (ZeH0U)


Good's lesbian sexual partner is recorded as yelling, "Why did you have real bullets?" after the shooting. Other people have conjectured this means that during their "training" in ICE-Watch, Good and this other woman were told that ICE only had rubber bullets.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:39 PM (pJWtt)

317 Ass is a strange troll.

Lol. I just had an image of him in that jacket the free government money guy used to wear. Lesko? Matthew?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

318 Can civilians buy rubber bullets?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

319 ... The facility is being touted by the university as a “critical resource” to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola, Nipah, and SARS-CoV-2 without getting sick.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (RHGPo)
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If we could learn that, it *could* in fact be important. If we know the mechanism, we may be able to adapt it and use it to conquer that kind of disease. The idea of researching it isn't insane, and the theoretical benefit is potentially quite large.

But I don't trust them to do it. They have demonstrated time and again that they are not only incompetent, but malevolent. If they don't fuck up and release some bad bug, they'll deliberately do it in the name of their experiment.

These people cannot be trusted. Not for any reason, not in any context, not ever. We must never pursue this kind of thing not because it is not worth pursuing (at least on paper), but because our scientific establishment has routinely, repeatedly and exclusively demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to be do sp.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:40 PM (GyQIQ)

320 Lesko? Matthew?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, that was Matthew Lesko.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

321

I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

Mother of Hunter Biden’s child calls for his arrest after failing to uphold child support agreement.

Hunter Biden, who once drove a $200,000 Porsche and lived in a $20,000-a-month California mansion while his father was president, now not only fails to pay alimony but claims he is heavily in debt.
Cont. in link.
https://tinyurl.com/mph4w9x8

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)

322

"To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."

- Hakeem Jeffries

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (pkeXY)

323 ... The facility is being touted by the university as a “critical resource” to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola, Nipah, and SARS-CoV-2 without getting sick.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 02:22 PM (RHGPo)
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If we could learn that, it *could* in fact be important. If we know the mechanism, we may be able to adapt it and use it to conquer that kind of disease. The idea of researching it isn't insane, and the theoretical benefit is potentially quite large.

But I don't trust them to do it. They have demonstrated time and again that they are not only incompetent, but malevolent. If they don't fuck up and release some bad bug, they'll deliberately do it in the name of their experiment.

These people cannot be trusted. Not for any reason, not in any context, not ever. We must never pursue this kind of thing not because it is not worth pursuing (at least on paper), but because our scientific establishment has routinely, repeatedly and exclusively demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to be do sp.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:40 PM


Put the lab in Greenland.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (jc0TO)

324 How could a federal officer who is arresting a foreigner who easy might have a firearm not be armed ?
That would be suicide

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)

325 Nude creepy gay faggots

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

326 Ass is a strange troll.

Lol. I just had an image of him in that jacket the free government money guy used to wear. Lesko? Matthew?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

More like Dr. Quarters (from KotH).

https://youtu.be/d9AfRoXEm3M

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (yFLFB)

327 ... Hunter Biden, who once drove a $200,000 Porsche and lived in a $20,000-a-month California mansion while his father was president, now not only fails to pay alimony but claims he is heavily in debt. ...
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)
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He probably is heavily in debt. I doubt that's a lie. He is absolutely the type to spend it all and then some and have nothing to show for it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (GyQIQ)

328 Yeah, we are going to imprison and destroy you all as soon as we get back in power, yada yada yada.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (zZu0s)

329 That shot in the windshield punched right through. Frangible pistol projectiles often break up when hitting laminated windshields.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
=====
Critical Duty is bonded bullet with a polymer expander ball. Designed for deep penetration of car bodies and windshields in particular. There are some others out there but I personally prefer more expansion as I am NOT going to be shooting through barriers, walls, etc. as a citizen.

The 147 gr. 9mm have made a comeback as the bullet designs are far better at expanding nowadays except in micro compacts. Ironically perform somewhat better than the old FBI load in revolvers using a 158 +p lead SWC hollowpoint.

40 S&W and 45 ACP are still damn good rounds that both penetrate and expand a bit better in but require better recoil management or a heavier firearm.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 02:36 PM (WDjG6)


Thanks for the update. I've been out of the profession for almost 20 years. I carried the .45 ACP, myself. I know for a fact that that cartridge will take the fight of a bad guy, even with a less-than-lethal hit to the torso.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (pJWtt)

330 At least she’s not wearing a keffiyah today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (W2Pud)

331

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (DDJSl)

332 Oh sure! But say you have a mile of cars and you end up in court!
Posted by: Luke Fuchs' Daughter at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (0e5Te)

"Hey, look! A pair of tits!"

Posted by: Little boy watching car commercial at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (5xuJ/)

333 Whether she intended to strike the ICE officer or tried to flee in a blind panic is irrelevant.

She had a full Karen smirk on her face when she stomped the gas pedal. Probably was still wearing it as she died.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (2ocoG)

334 Trump: "I will continue to make America great until the cows come home!"

WaPo Fact Check: Trump owns no cows and the WH has no pasture land for them to return to."

Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2026 02:48 PM (+Zbod)

335 Whether she intended to strike the ICE officer or tried to flee in a blind panic is irrelevant.
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She had a full Karen smirk on her face when she stomped the gas pedal. Probably was still wearing it as she died.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 02:44 PM (2ocoG)


I personally think she intentionally drove her car to strike the ICE officer. However, her intent was irrelevant. Lethal force is justifiable if the officer fears death or serious physical harm.

A motor vehicle is considered to be a lethal weapon.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:49 PM (pJWtt)

336 I think, in her mind, this was all girl boss retardation. She and her wife expected them to jump out of the way or get bumped out of the way, with the only thing happening is they win and ICEvis humiliated (because they are idiots who do not understand physics.)

Watch any time it snows. These retards do not understand momentum- let alone force. They really don't.

Its ok, they may not believe in Sir Isaac Newton but he still owns their asses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (zZu0s)

337 There is a nood, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (zZu0s)

338 > I carried the .45 ACP, myself. I know for a fact that that cartridge will take the fight of a bad guy, even with a less-than-lethal hit to the torso.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (pJWtt)

You probably already know this, but John Moses Browning, Peace Be Upon Him, developed that round specifically for neutralizing crazed Muslims (during the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines).

I can't imagine it'd be any less effective on man-bunned sois who don't even know what sex they are.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (IG3/x)

339 He probably is heavily in debt. I doubt that's a lie. He is absolutely the type to spend it all and then some and have nothing to show for it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)


For a log time Hunter probably making 10-20 time a year in grift that most people make working. You would think he would have stashed a couple million for a rainy day. Or end of the gravy train

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (GUOwU)

340 Legalinsurrection.com
2 plead guilty to $68M in daycare fraud in Brooklyn

Didn't anyone think after like $1M something wasn't right?

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)

341 U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.

----------------

The Karens and AWFLs will die to make sure that causes of these deaths are not deported.

Posted by: Decaf at January 16, 2026 02:55 PM (Z8jzG)

342 > I carried the .45 ACP, myself. I know for a fact that that cartridge will take the fight of a bad guy, even with a less-than-lethal hit to the torso.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:43 PM (pJWtt)

You probably already know this, but John Moses Browning, Peace Be Upon Him, developed that round specifically for neutralizing crazed Muslims (during the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines).

I can't imagine it'd be any less effective on man-bunned sois who don't even know what sex they are.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 02:53 PM (IG3/x)


Projectiles were also shot into the corpses of executed prisoners hanging on a pendulum during development of the cartridge. Got to measure that transferred energy somehow!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (pJWtt)

343 "the COVID-era spike."

Why, I wonder, did COVID spike murder rates?

A more likely explanation, it was the open borders spike.

Trump has deported approximate 500,000 criminals and not let a single new criminal in illegally. But, no way, that could impact crime rates, no sir.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:05 PM (tV890)

344 Look, when you import illegals, what sort of work are they likely to find? Illegal work. People who don't care what your immigration status is. Gardners and construction worker sure, but a fuck load, at least initially, will get into illegal activities.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

345 AP/ABC Fake news still cant figure out how to fit the Round Peg in the Square Hole

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 16, 2026 06:08 PM (wGqjj)

346 2025 Murder rate Washington DC: 1.7 per 100k. That's a real number. Murder rate in Washington in 2024? 2.1 per 100k. And we know that number was cooked - it was more likely 3+/100k.

So, it declined >19% in one year. To put it another way, about 5 more people are alive today because the murder rate decline. And Trump didn't start in DC till August 2025. If what he is doing had lasted the whole year, you'd see a 40% to 50% decline.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (tV890)

347 We really REALLY can't hate these fuckers enough...

If it weren't for the corrupt media, our country would be 100 times prosperous. Race relations would be at an all time high.

These assholes need to understand the damage they continue to do by any means necessary. I wouldn't give two shits if all their licenses got yanked and Trump wiped his ass with them.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (XLfSN)

348 33 So Biden's policies are finally beginning to pay off!

Obviously, and just imagine what he could have done if he hadn't beaten his brain to a pulp falling down all the time!!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (FpP3s)

Thwarted True Venezuelan President Presents Her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

Trump finally receives his Peace Prize.

She had previously dedicated the Prize to Trump when she was awarded it.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters on Thursday that she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump when the pair met at the White House.

Machado dedicated the prize to Trump when she first received it. The U.S. president has long lobbied for the award and has received multiple nominations for his role in ending myriad global conflicts.

"I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize," she told reporters. She further recounted a historical episode in which Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette presented Simon Bolivar with a medal bearing the face of Washington.

Yes, she's obviously currying favor with Trump so that he will help her take the presidency when Maduro's regime falls.

Similarly, Crown Prince Pahlavi is saying he anticipated that Trump will "keep his promise," that promise being that America would come to the aid of Iranian protesters. He reminds Trump of that promise multiple times in this press conference:

He doesn't insult Trump. He doesn't accuse him of not honoring his promise. He says he believes Trump will keep the promise.

But he's definitely reminding Trump of that promise.

I saw a news report stating that Trump felt "obligated" to come to the aid of the Iranian protesters after encouraging them to keep marching and "keep fighting." Someone, I think Bonchie from RedState, commented, "He is obligated after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting."

I hope he continues feeling that obligation.

General Keane notes that Trump has made this "promise." He details Trump's moves against Iran, including stopping all of their oil shipments and cyber operations against Iran's ability to surveil and target its own population.

He also expects Trump to move decisively against the Revolutionary Guards.

Meanwhile, the USS Abraham Lincoln is closing in on Iran...

Happy Friday! Best day of the week!!!!

Posted by: Ace at 12:27 PM




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1 Never as Good as the First Time

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

2 Exactly.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (3AyDK)

3 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (cYBz/)

4 st

Posted by: RUReadingthis at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (aQ25I)

5

THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

6 Fine line here.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (tV890)

7
THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Of course they did...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (VE6XX)

8 Similarly, Crown Prince Pahlavi is saying he anticipated that Trump will "keep his promise," that promise being that America would come to the aid of American protesters. He reminds Trump of that promise multiple times in this press conference:


'Iranian' protestors, sir!

Posted by: Patsy at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

9 Scandahoovians are increasingly annoying.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (TezPK)

10 Pahlavi seems to know how to handle Trump. This puts him ahead of all but a half-dozen formal national leaders today. I don't know if he has what it takes to pull Iran out of its long nightmare, but if he does he seems like he has a decent toolbox for what comes next.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (OUMaO)

11 Maria Corina Machado is giving her medallion to Trump, as a show of gratitude for getting rid of Maduro.

I wish Trump wouldn't lobby for a peace prize - I like him better when it is obvious he just doesn't care.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (tV890)

12 I saw a news report stating that Trump felt "obligated" to come to the aid of the Iranian protesters after encouraging them to keep marching and "keep fighting." Someone, I think Bonchie from RedState, commented, "He is obligated after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting."
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That would be ... different.

Posted by: The Kurds at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (GyQIQ)

13 What I don't expect is Trump telegraphing everything. 78D Space Chess aside, I have never seen anyone in the spotlight play possum better than that dude.

And his enemies whether for blindness or hubris or just no choice in the matter, still don't see it. Is there any stupider sentence in the English language than "We've got Trump THIS time!!"?

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (3AyDK)

14 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Of course they did...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (VE6XX)

TRUMP IS A POOPY HEAD!!!!!!
-Nobel committee

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

15 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.

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LMAO, NOBEL is a Loan ???

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (g47mK)

16 5

THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Then she can dare them to come and take it.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (iXqHn)

17 Friday, the day with the promise of two no-work days ahead. Except for me ... I barely work, and do work whenever I want. Every day is the weekend here.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (vbXSk)

18 The policy we are following in Venezuela may be hard to swallow, but it's necessary. It's the answer to the question, how do we enforce control over Venezuela without putting 100,000 troops in Caracas? The only way is to use the existing power structure, and to convince them that cooperation with us is a far better path for them, personally, than continued defiance.

A time will come when elections are possible, and they will have to be monitored. But that time is not now. Machado would be killed quickly if she tried to go back now, and then where would we be?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (uWKK8)

19 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (gBfG5)

20
I saw a news report stating that Trump felt "obligated" to come to the aid of the Iranian protesters after encouraging them to keep marching and "keep fighting." Someone, I think Bonchie from RedState, commented, "He is obligated after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting."

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Fucking yes. I remember when Bush I idiotically encouraged the Kurds to resist Saddam Hussein and then left them to shift as best they could. It was stupid of Bush in the first place because the Kurds had no strategic significance for us, but taking down the mullahcracy would be a huge contribution to world peace, regional stability, economic welfare, need I go on it's so obvious?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (x4Mz/)

21 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump. and stomped their feet and shook their tiny fists in rage to show us they are big boys and girls.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (cYBz/)

22 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)


Then they mobilized the legendary 1st Nobel Division of the Ever Victorious Nobel Army to begin writing a scathing letter to Ms. Machado indicating their deep disappointment in her decision to be seen publicly with OMB.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (ExV1e)

23 It's nice to see that Machado and and Pahlavi both understand diplomacy/politics. Emphasize what they want, make nice without being disgustingly smoozy. Unlike EU-types who never miss an opportunity to insult us.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (aJQbY)

24 They are dead set on NEVER giving him one.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (g47mK)

25 I would have a really hard time accepting a Nobel Peace Prize or a Nobel Prize in Economics. I might go to the gala for the purpose of hurling invective at the committee, but I don't know that I could accept it.

They handed the Peace Prize to the likes of Yassar Arafat, Al Gore and Barack Obama. They handed the Economics prize to the likes of Paul Krugman and Ben Bernanke.

It would be an insult to receive either, and accepting either would bring shame on your family.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (GyQIQ)

26 Trump will keep his promise to the Iranian people if for no other reason than to stick his finger in Obama's eye for being a candy-ass faggot that let the last uprising die because he's obsessed with swinging from the mullahs' sweaty ballsack.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (5aZAZ)

27 I find myself really not wanting to get involved in Iran. I mean, we sent Stealth bombers and disabled their nuclear program.

I supported that, but "protecting a side" in this skirmish is boots on the ground and ultimately nation building.

Just looks like Iraq 2.0

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (eIzlH)

28 The left: NO KINGS! NO DICTATORS!

Also the left: LEAVE MADURO ALONE

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

29 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (t/2Uw)

30 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

The butthurt feels so strong here.

When you get a pie in the face, wipe it off and laugh in good humor. But whatever you do, don't shake your fist and tell people you will not be made a fool of.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (3AyDK)

31 I wish Trump wouldn't lobby for a peace prize - I like him better when it is obvious he just doesn't care.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law

==

It makes him look so thirsty.

It's usually a Leftist prize anyway, just move on.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (eIzlH)

32 Trump made a mistake in allowing Machado to give him the prize. Instead, he should have graciously thanked her for the offer and insisted that she keep it.

Just a better look.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (8mulE)

33 7
THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Of course they did...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (VE6XX)

If it wouldn't be so disrespectful to Machado, I'd love to see Trump on camera taking that Peace Prize and rubbing his bare ass on it while he grins.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (uWKK8)

34 It's nice to see that Machado and and Pahlavi both understand diplomacy/politics.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (aJQbY)


Good point. They are adults, unlike so many of those EU types you point out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (n9ltV)

35 Fair or not, I compare Pahlavi and Machado to Zelenskyy, in their public statements.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (pDt9x)

36
Who cares if Machado gives Trump her fricking medal? Is she supposed to take it with her when she dies, too?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (x4Mz/)

37 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.

Trump: Here is my answer.
The Nobel Committee: "What the hell does EABOD mean".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

38 The left is absolutely sputtering with rage over her presenting the Nobel to Trump.

That is prime among the reasons I am glad she did.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (HXT0k)

39 I hate to even ask this but did thingymabob get banned again or is he just on hiatus

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (3AyDK)

40 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Then she can dare them to come and take it.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (iXqHn)

How many divisions does the Nobel Committee have?

Posted by: They probably can't even perform division at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)

41 Happy Saturday Eve.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (2Ez/1)

42 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)
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It can be transferred if the recipient says it can.

It doesn't mean Trump suddenly becomes a Nobel Laureate. It means the recipient thought Trump deserved it. Nothing more, and everyone knows it.

The Nobel Committee must be *really* pissed. This is like when an angry girl makes a TikTok and says, "he said he didn't want to go out with me! Why does he think I'm ugly?!" He never said you were ugly, you're just furious and tail-spinning.

Nobody said this makes Trump a Peace Prize winner, but the Committee hates him so much they felt the need to set the record straight when absolutely nobody believed the thing they're refuting.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (GyQIQ)

43 The Nobel Prize is completely worthless as it is awarded purely on political favoritism.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (+Zbod)

44 Hate to say it, but I think the moment for the Iran revolution has passed.

As I've said here before, I questioned how serious the uprising was. Almost all the powerful images coming out were fake (those pretty defiant girls) or had a strong whiff of "Ghost of Keeeev" bullshit.

There would be no need for ops and propaganda if indeed there was a serious revolution under way. And after the endless bullshit coming out of Uke, I don't trust any foreign reporting any more.

Something was going on in Iran, but I don't know what. Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

45 39 I hate to even ask this but did thingymabob get banned again or is he just on hiatus
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (3AyDK)

Gonna need a little more info here …

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (pDt9x)

46 Iran and VZ are interesting tests for Trump.

Shrub provides an example of what not to do.

But I've argued endlessly that there are plenty of effective options that don't require sending 100K troops. Let's see if Trump is willing to use them because they are "mean"

And a couple of specific examples:

1) Assassinate the enemy leadership
2) Target infrastructure being used by the enemy leadership and his allies
3) Arm the opposition

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

47 25 It would be an insult to receive either, and accepting either would bring shame on your family.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (GyQIQ)

I mean, you could always go up there and do the full Robert Smigel-as-Triumph act.

"Blah, blah, blah.... for me to poop on."

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (iXqHn)

48 There's a pretty wild story out there about a group of vets "smuggling" Machado out of Venezuela so she could receive the Nobel prize.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (U2OZr)

49 Why does Trump even want the worthless Nobel?? It became worthless the moment Yasser Arafat won it… yuck

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (xT8gx)

50 38 The left is absolutely sputtering with rage over her presenting the Nobel to Trump.

That is prime among the reasons I am glad she did.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (HXT0k)

This. It sends them into fits of rage because they think so much of credentialism and giving each other awards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

51 "protecting a side" in this skirmish is boots on the ground and ultimately nation building.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (eIzlH)


Nope. We can do a lot militarily without a physical presence in Iran. In fact, politically that is the best option.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (n9ltV)

52 It makes him look so thirsty.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (eIzlH)

No it doesn't, it makes him look like Trump. It also shows the prize for what it is, to a wider audience than just me and you.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (3AyDK)

53 44 Hate to say it, but I think the moment for the Iran revolution has passed.

As I've said here before, I questioned how serious the uprising was. Almost all the powerful images coming out were fake (those pretty defiant girls) or had a strong whiff of "Ghost of Keeeev" bullshit.

There would be no need for ops and propaganda if indeed there was a serious revolution under way. And after the endless bullshit coming out of Uke, I don't trust any foreign reporting any more.

Something was going on in Iran, but I don't know what. Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

That would be bad.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (pDt9x)

54 39 I hate to even ask this but did thingymabob get banned again or is he just on hiatus
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (3AyDK)

Which thingamabob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

55 I mean, you could always go up there and do the full Robert Smigel-as-Triumph act.

"Blah, blah, blah.... for me to poop on."
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (iXqHn)
++++
I would go with dripping sarcasm, ending with rejection. Probably. I'll never find out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (GyQIQ)

56 I wonder if the play is to give the mulllahs however long before the carrier group arrives to GTFO, and take their RG dogs with them.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (NYInA)

57 Scandahoovians are increasingly annoying.

The EU/NATO thing where they sent 34 people to defend Greenland against Trump is hilarious though. 34 people can't even defend something from Jason Statham, never mind if Trump sent any serious military that way.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (2ocoG)

58 43 The Nobel Prize is completely worthless as it is awarded purely on political favoritism.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (+Zbod)
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No way bro! Obama totally deserved it for [checks notes] being half-black and getting elected (and subsequently bombing more countries than any president since WWII).

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (5aZAZ)

59 Someone, I think Bonchie from RedState, commented, "He is obligated after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting."

He really isn't. The US has encouraged and abandoned in the past. This isn't a moral issue. All that matters is what serves our interests. I think it serves our interests to topple Iran, and I approve of us getting involved (probably to a degree others would not). But I don't want to hear a bunch of weepy "we owe them" talk. Because we don't. That's no basis for foreign policy or putting American lives in harm's way.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (zUe/H)

60 Tremendous peace prize the best prize you’ve ever seen.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (kgFPv)

61 Nobody said this makes Trump a Peace Prize winner, but the Committee hates him so much they felt the need to set the record straight when absolutely nobody believed the thing they're refuting.

Machado's actions refute the left's statements about Trump and they can't attack her because they just gave her their top award.

No wonder they are so furious...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

62
THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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So the Nobel Committee and Trump are equally silly over that prize. Really, Donald, it's a meaningless prize at this point.

caveat: I haven't closely read any of his statements on it except maybe some vague "I deserved it," which is true, so I don't know how much he actually _wants_ it. I've felt I deserved things that I didn't actually want.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (x4Mz/)

63 The Nobel still carries weight in people's minds. It is used against us, like many things, and fortunately, Trump understands that.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (3AyDK)

64 The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
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Dunno. We'll see. I hope the mullahs fall, but I also know they have a history of not falling. They also have a history of 11th-hour salvation from Washington, but this time they don't and the Rial is at zero outside of Iran. That's a difference. Whether it's enough of a difference is well beyond my knowledge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (GyQIQ)

65 suddenly cold again in the northeast. i blame walz because he's a schmuck

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (CWTWj)

66 OT:

Portland has a pilot program where it is giving $1600 to lucky people to help buy an "e-bike".

Well, they released the results of the pilot program, and the result is as expected:

Amazingly, giving away money is popular! The program sponsors were so worried that it wouldn't be.

And, because it's Portland:

The gender split between male and female was relatively even, with males receiving 80 rebates and females receiving 72. Non-binary people received 34 rebates.

The "full program", which will cost the city millions, rolls out in two months.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (u6/wt)

67 I think it serves our interests to topple Iran, and I approve of us getting involved (probably to a degree others would not). But I don't want to hear a bunch of weepy "we owe them" talk.

This.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (2ocoG)

68 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)


Impotent Euro-weenies say what? LOL

Maria Machado can give that medal to whomever she pleases. The Nobel Commission is just pissed that she publicly humiliated them by given the Peace Prize Medal to Pres. Trump.

That's like the blustering of NATO concerning Greenland. The military contingent they sent there totaled 34 soldiers! Besides, the U.S. is not going to mount an invasion of Greenland, we already have a base there. Let's say a Brigade Combat Team is deployed there for an Arctic Warfare training exercise: what are the Europeans going to do except cry?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (pJWtt)

69 It makes all the right people cry tears of impotent rage as they shake their widdwe fists and kick their widdwe feets, so I'm all for it.

Posted by: The adult world is kindergarten at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (TbWk/)

70
Someone, I think Bonchie from RedState, commented, "He is obligated after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting."

He really isn't. The US has encouraged and abandoned in the past. This isn't a moral issue. All that matters is what serves our interests. I think it serves our interests to topple Iran, and I approve of us getting involved (probably to a degree others would not). But I don't want to hear a bunch of weepy "we owe them" talk. Because we don't. That's no basis for foreign policy or putting American lives in harm's way.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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It's the "after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting" part.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (x4Mz/)

71 56 I wonder if the play is to give the mulllahs however long before the carrier group arrives to GTFO, and take their RG dogs with them.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (NYInA)

Don't know.. I'm pretty sure we know what's going on there.. Israel and the US have people on the ground... Also.. The Mullahs have been shipping all their money out of the Country..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (VE6XX)

72 27 I find myself really not wanting to get involved in Iran. I mean, we sent Stealth bombers and disabled their nuclear program.

I supported that, but "protecting a side" in this skirmish is boots on the ground and ultimately nation building.

Just looks like Iraq 2.0
Posted by: Leupold

We've bombed a lot more places than we were stupid enough to put boots on teh ground. Even then, we did not suffer near the casualties by taking out regimes that we did when trying to fix them.

Punitive expeditions require a cold hard heart and that the perfect is the enemy of the good enough.
In Iraq, it would have been decapitating the Hussein regime while leaving the Iraqi military to run it. In Afghanistan, blow the place up, let the Northern Alliance run the place including letting the Pushtun areas be autonomous and leave.

Punitive raids for the US go way back to the Barbary Pirates where the US Marines went to Tripoli and kicked pirate ass after they seized one of our frigates. We did not stay there obviously.

In these cases, casualties and even costs were not that much--it was the occupation that ran up the loss of blood and treasure.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (WDjG6)

73 The last election was Maduro vs Gonzales but I think it was because Machado was forced to flee.
However:
Academics, news outlets and the opposition provided strong evidence showing that González won the election by a wide margin with the opposition releasing copies of official tally sheets collected by poll watchers from a majority of polling centers showing a landslide victory for González.The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced falsified results

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (t/2Uw)

74 If “we” say help is on the way, it better be. Otherwise, keep one’s mouth firmly closed.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (pDt9x)

75 Which thingamabob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

The person that has been missing for a couple weeks. I didn't want to make it a thing. Just wanted to know if I missed a Banning because those are sometimes fun to go back and read.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (3AyDK)

76 The EU/NATO thing where they sent 34 people to defend Greenland against Trump is hilarious though. 34 people can't even defend something from Jason Statham, never mind if Trump sent any serious military that way.

I saw some people pointing out that the EU is pumping out a bunch of propaganda images now with tough looking white guys geared up but until just now all their "We are Europe!" memes were women or men from outside of Europe.

But the funniest response to one of these images was a guy noting that if the EUnicks really tried to kit out 7 operators at the same time they might have trouble finding that many kits...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

77 Dunno. We'll see. I hope the mullahs fall, but I also know they have a history of not falling. They also have a history of 11th-hour salvation from Washington, but this time they don't and the Rial is at zero outside of Iran. That's a difference. Whether it's enough of a difference is well beyond my knowledge.

Do we believe the reports by Bessent that the mullahs are spiriting their money out of Iran? I do, so I think the revolution will succeed.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

78 I supported that, but "protecting a side" in this skirmish is boots on the ground and ultimately nation building.

Just looks like Iraq 2.0
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:32 PM (eIzlH)

The reason for supporting, as much as we can, the overthrow of the Mullah's is that such a thing will truly change the world far more than even the collapse of the USSR in 1991 did. It'd take a page to explain all the things that will come crashing down with them.
(Start with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi, all cut loose with no support once the Mullahs are gone)

BUT because of recent US successes, too many people believe that it's possible to do this in a single strike, a single night. It isn't. It can be done, but I do not believe they're going to let go easily.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (uWKK8)

79

Snow back, Lukefisk-eating degenerates that they are. Remember this blog's position on the Scandi Menace

Posted by: imp at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (g6TN6)

80 Do we believe the reports by Bessent that the mullahs are spiriting their money out of Iran?

Correction: the people of Iran's money.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

81 Congratulations, President Trump, on your Nobel Peace Prize, the only American President that has done anything to actually deserve it since Reagan.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (dK+Kv)

82 The last election was Maduro vs Gonzales but I think it was because Machado was forced to flee.

They made it illegal for Machado to be on the ballot. The USAID/CIA playbook is the same every place its run.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

83
THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.




He should give it back to Machado so that she can melt it down and cast it as a big middle finger.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (y9nCu)

84
{rips off mask}

Maria Machadowicz!!!! I knew it!!!

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (3AyDK)

85 The Nobel Prize is completely worthless as it is awarded purely on political favoritism.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (+Zbod)
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No way bro! Obama totally deserved it for [checks notes] being half-black and getting elected (and subsequently bombing more countries than any president since WWII).


What about me?

Posted by: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER Paul Krugman! at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (u6/wt)

86 Do we believe the reports by Bessent that the mullahs are spiriting their money out of Iran?

Bessent doesn't strike me as someone that lies.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

87 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM

--

Or what? What bell will they unring?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (NYInA)

88 The person that has been missing for a couple weeks. I didn't want to make it a thing. Just wanted to know if I missed a Banning because those are sometimes fun to go back and read.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (3AyDK)

Hmmm. Trying to think of who you would mean. n caught a big ace banhammer to the face last week (earlier this week?)

I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

89 The only way is to use the existing power structure, and to convince them that cooperation with us is a far better path for them, personally, than continued defiance.

A time will come when elections are possible, and they will have to be monitored. But that time is not now.
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How is that working out for us when it comes to the federal government?

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (vSvIl)

90 I emptied the dishwasher and put the dishes away. I only did it so I could look busy for the pest inspector. He was a nice young doofus. In another hour or two I will have to look busy for the VA required house inspector.

We are refinancing our mortgage with the intention of paying it off in 8 - 10 years.

Oh and we have no pest issues. Other than the cat. She is a bitchy little diva. And a pest.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (2J/Lj)

91 In Iraq, it would have been decapitating the Hussein regime while leaving the Iraqi military to run it

One addendum - the destruction of Tikrit via bombs/missiles as well. Killing Hussein and his spawn would send one message. Devastating his clan would send a far more serious one to the Arab world.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

92 Cryptic. The HQ does not do cryptic well.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:42 PM (pDt9x)

93 ... The gender split between male and female was relatively even, with males receiving 80 rebates and females receiving 72. Non-binary people received 34 rebates. ...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (u6/wt)
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Uhhhhh, that's not "fairly even."
80+72+34 = 186

34/186 = 0.1827

If a full 18.3% of your population is sex-confused, you don't have a city, you have an insane asylum.

The results of this "pilot program" mean either nothing because it is not representative, or they mean that Portland is approaching the conclusion of its death spiral.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)

94 Taking money out of country doesn't necessarily mean the mullahs are about to go down.

But it does have a cost to it...so they would not do it lightly...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

95
Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)

96 Wait, María Conchita Alonso won the Nobel prize?!

Who knew?

Posted by: Dumb & Dumber at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (47KAQ)

97 It's the "after encouraging them to keep marching and keep fighting" part.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (x4Mz/)

Yeah, and I don't think that makes any difference. We have done that and then not followed through before. Just like we've encouraged foreign powers to do something and then punished them for it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (zUe/H)

98 The person that has been missing for a couple weeks. I didn't want to make it a thing. Just wanted to know if I missed a Banning because those are sometimes fun to go back and read.
Posted by: ...
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n, aka yankee fifth, confederate fifth, etc. got banned by head Ewok himself but that is all I can recall like Aetius.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (WDjG6)

99 The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
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Dunno. We'll see. I hope the mullahs fall, but I also know they have a history of not falling. They also have a history of 11th-hour salvation from Washington, but this time they don't and the Rial is at zero outside of Iran. That's a difference. Whether it's enough of a difference is well beyond my knowledge.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (GyQIQ)
_____

The Iran regime is weakened on the international stage, along with several of its main evil partners (Venezuela). The new sanctions should twist the knife deeper. That's all very good news, and great for American security and interests. Thank Trump for that.

As for the Iranians? Dunno. Long term, the mullahs may have no future. But even dying regimes can last a long time. I've been hearing about how the mullahs were on their way out for ... I dunno ... about 30 years now?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

100 74 If “we” say help is on the way, it better be. Otherwise, keep one’s mouth firmly closed.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (pDt9x)

We didn't say what the "help" was...it could be as simple as support reorganizing underground while trying to topple the military from within...help that takes years, not days...

People took "help" to mean imminent bombs and boots on the ground - it doesn't have to be.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (tOcjL)

101 Cryptic. The HQ does not do cryptic well.

Tell me about it

Posted by: Bigfoot from the AOS Straight-Cryptid Alliance at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

102 > Who cares if Machado gives Trump her fricking medal? Is she supposed to take it with her when she dies, too?

I'm fairly certain the left wanted to be sure to have a talking point ready if anyone said Trump won the Nobel Peace Prize. They wanted to be able to say, "Nuh uh, the Nobel Prize committee said the prize is non-transferrable, so there!"

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (Yp6az)

103 One of the biggest levers of who and what is "good" that the left abuses is their control of awards, prizes and recognitions.

Notice how every major leftist has a closet full of such?
I don't think you could list all of the honorifics Hillary has been given on a single page.

Yet, anyone who does actual good, who actually is good, remains unrecognized.

Related: This is why they are throwing such a goofy tantrum over the Trump-Kennedy Center.
That was _their_ honor, that they controlled, the accomplishment of "playing at the Kennedy Center."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (HXT0k)

104 Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)

This, Islam has been forced on them as their dominant religious force. Plus, that is where all the regime weapons are stored.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)

105 I saw some people pointing out that the EU is pumping out a bunch of propaganda images now with tough looking white guys geared up but until just now all their "We are Europe!" memes were women or men from outside of Europe.

It's amusing, but we've done the same thing. The ads for the armed services no longer exclude straight white men and sound like a trailer for Starfleet Academy.

There was a picture of the Delta Team that took Maduro, but with their faces blacked out. As far as I could tell, every single one was a white male.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

106 Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.

Also there were reports of large secondary explosions at several of the burning mosques. I really doubt the regime wanted that.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)

107 Several EU countries blew their whole defense budget sending 34 troops to Greenland. Probably can't afford to get them back.

No matter, they can caddy or bellhop in the new Nuuk-a-lago resort opening later this year.

Posted by: Bedminster-el-Norte at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (oftw2)

108 Remember when the commies started crowing about "a brown woman" being awarded the Prize, and how much this must irk Trump?

Then they found out she was a Trump fan. It was epic... nearly as good as watching election night coverage in '16 and '24.


Posted by: Dennis the Peasant at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (IG3/x)

109 >> I supported that, but "protecting a side" in this skirmish is boots on the ground and ultimately nation building.

Just looks like Iraq 2.0

What makes you believe we’re not already there?

It will never be Iraq. We will continue asymmetric operations and probably at some point kinetic bombing operations to selectively take out offensive capabilities of the IRGC and various missile sites.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (T7fic)

110 37 THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.

Trump: Here is my answer.
The Nobel Committee: "What the hell does EABOD mean".
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

*******

Heh.

Posted by: EFG at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (z6+HA)

111 Every nation should be supporting Pahlavi.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (0KSrI)

112 I think at this point, President Trump is just rubbing the Nobel Committee's nose in it. They are obviously so politicized and that has reduced the award to Oscar levels of irrelevance.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (2WIwB)

113 96 Wait, María Conchita Alonso won the Nobel prize?!

Who knew?
Posted by: Dumb & Dumber at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (47KAQ)

They really liked Running Man. The fat opera character made them horny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

114 How many of those e-bikes will be sold on marketplace for $1000 with which drugs will be purchased within 48 hours of acquiring? I suspect 90% of them.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:44 PM (kgFPv)

115 > Wait, María Conchita Alonso won the Nobel prize?!

She looked good in a spandex suit.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 12:45 PM (Yp6az)

116 Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 12:40 PM (OjHyA)

He's just poking holes in them. If he stays silent or says he doesn't care they write a narrative that sources say he secretly does and paint him as a "loser" with "sour grapes". They elevate themselves above him, in the skin suit of a "prize" attached to many famous names including scientists, writers, etc

This way by declaring it should rightfully be his, he writes the story and makes a mockery of it at the same time. He exposes the truth, and controls the direction and flow. Do people STILL not get how Trump works? He probably WOULD like the prize. It's big and shiny. Who wouldn't?

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:45 PM (3AyDK)

117 They really liked Running Man. The fat opera character made them horny.

I saw the remake of the Running Man.

Better FX, better action, and honestly better acting

but the script was not very good.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

118 100 74 If “we” say help is on the way, it better be. Otherwise, keep one’s mouth firmly closed.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (pDt9x)

We didn't say what the "help" was...it could be as simple as support reorganizing underground while trying to topple the military from within...help that takes years, not days...

People took "help" to mean imminent bombs and boots on the ground - it doesn't have to be.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (tOcjL)

Fair enough. But it had better something more substantial than “ good luck”, we are behind you, over here, way way over here. Our reputation in the world is no small thing, and it has been sullied so much in the past.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (pDt9x)

119 Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)
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So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime. This seems more likely a kinda of antifag lunatic movement that just wants to burn and destroy. That's not a revolution.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

120 I saw the remake of the Running Man.

Better FX, better action, and honestly better acting

but the script was not very good.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

Points:
-no Arnold (and I like Glen Powell.)
-No Richard Dawson
-no hot chick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

121 I saw some people pointing out that the EU is pumping out a bunch of propaganda images now with tough looking white guys geared up but until just now all their "We are Europe!" memes were women or men from outside of Europe.

But the funniest response to one of these images was a guy noting that if the EUnicks really tried to kit out 7 operators at the same time they might have trouble finding that many kits...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)


It's been well over a year ago, but I read an article that alleged that Zero of Germany's 6 submarines were operational, only one-third of their Tornado fighter-bombers were flight-worthy and they had enough operational Leopard II tanks to equip One Panzer Brigade.

If we wanted to, the U.S. could invade Europe, eject the Muslims, and at least half of the population would greet us as liberators.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (pJWtt)

122 117 They really liked Running Man. The fat opera character made them horny.

I saw the remake of the Running Man.

Better FX, better action, and honestly better acting

but the script was not very good.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

But no evil Richard Dawson. Two immediate strikes against.

Posted by: Got to have evil Richard Dawson at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (TbWk/)

123 Iran must be defeated. Political Islam cannot be allowed to rule. It is a dictatorship mandating Sharia law which goes against everything Western moral values stands for. If allowed to win, it will continue to infiltrate and promote it's perverted tenets around the world through terrorist tactics.
The defeat of Iran is more meaningful than any average regional conquest. It could be a turning point in stopping the spread of Islam into the West.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (t/2Uw)

124 Iran is a very sketchy place right now. Getting reliable intel, IMO, requires our own assets on the ground, not some second or third hand reporting from Ahmed down the road. Who's probably on the mullah's payroll.

That takes a bit of time. And patience.

Like many, I presume we've got eyes on the situation and if there was a good chance that an op would result in a favorable outcome, we'd do it now. That does not appear to be the case, currently.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (U2OZr)

125 Tehran still doesn't have water.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (jc0TO)

126 The Economics Prize isn't even a real Nobel Prize to begin with. It's the "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel", not established until 1968 (long after the death of Alfred Nobel).



There's also a long-time rumor that Nobel didn't set up a prize for mathematics because a mathematician stole his girlfriend, but I think that's apocryphal.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (IG3/x)

127 n, aka yankee fifth, confederate fifth, etc. got banned by head Ewok himself but that is all I can recall like Aetius.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (WDjG6)

O he did? I meant someone else, but n always walked a line. When was that??

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (3AyDK)

128 The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

That would be bad.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (pDt9x)

It's not that the moment passed; it's that everyone thought that a glitzy Internet revolution with a bunch of unarmed civvy's dancing in the street might work. Against a western government, maybe - against a Fanatical Regime of Evil as vicious as the 3rd Reich at its peak, no way would that work. And we love to think we could do a decapitation strike, but now that they're warned and in hiding, that's really not possible. They can be taken out, but it's going to take many such strikes, and it will involve ballistic missile retaliation by the Iranians both against US bases and against Tel Aviv, because that's what the Iranians have said they are going to do.

What has to be done can be done, but no one should think it will be easy, or brief.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (uWKK8)

129 Hmmm. Trying to think of who you would mean. n caught a big ace banhammer to the face last week (earlier this week?)

I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

I go on vacation and miss all the fun. That'll learn me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (dK+Kv)

130 How many of those e-bikes will be sold on marketplace for $1000 with which drugs will be purchased within 48 hours of acquiring? I suspect 90% of them.

I was on a lefty thread where they were complaining about urban stores locking products in those plastic things the employees have to unlock for you to get them. Someone posted a picture of even tins of Spam in this setup and asked "Do these store owners think people are stealing and selling...SPAM?!?"

So I jumped over to Ebay and...plenty of people selling SPAM below market prices...

Now, maybe they just were able to buy some overstock and figured Ebay was the best way to move it but I suspect a lot of Ebay products are stolen property as well...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

131 People took "help" to mean imminent bombs and boots on the ground - it doesn't have to be.

I initially read that as imminent boobs and boots on the ground, because, ah hell, I don't need a reason.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

132 125 Tehran still doesn't have water.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (jc0TO)

Fortuitous situation for mosque burning times.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (pDt9x)

133 91 In Iraq, it would have been decapitating the Hussein regime while leaving the Iraqi military to run it

One addendum - the destruction of Tikrit via bombs/missiles as well. Killing Hussein and his spawn would send one message. Devastating his clan would send a far more serious one to the Arab world.
Posted by: 18-1
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Good point. And the Sunni faction that ran Iraq were probably willing to let that happen or even assist with information.

But we can't fix the Arab world, we did poorly in colonial governance in places like the PI after the Spanish American War, and Puerto Rico and other island dependencies have not flourished without Uncle Sam spending a bunch of bucks to prop up the existing places.

Brits and Netherlands did better at colonial governance because they essentially ignored moral questions of who should rule, what is just, etc. Elections and native government to them were not an option.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (WDjG6)

134 So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime.

It does? The regime is literally Islamics that took over a largely non-Islamic country. Burning down mosques seems like Job 1 in that case, in much the same way that Europe's Muslims have been destroying all of the churches.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

135 If we wanted to, the U.S. could invade Europe, eject the Muslims, and at least half of the population would greet us as liberators.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM


Poland could take Berlin in two weeks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (jc0TO)

136 We need to get the hottest Iranian chicks out of Iran and to the US asap. And there are a lot of them This is a refuge program I can support .

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (kgFPv)

137 Trying to figure out who Ellipsis means. I am curious now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (bss/y)

138 > but the script was not very good.

The first script was bad too.

Alonso, "Go ahead, make up some more lies about me!"

*shudder*

Arnold, "Here is Subzero, now plain zero!"

*cringe*

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (Yp6az)

139 Trump pardons talking fraudster. Right one ne all a jew do a christianist.
trump pardons former tenn speaker and you listen


Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (pJqZ+)

140 I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

Go time aka

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (3AyDK)

141 I saw the remake of the Running Man.

It looked much truer to the original Bachman / King story. Probably will see it at some point:

Posted by: Alien Collaborator at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (REOC8)

142 That's so fucking awesome.

These supine European castrati wanted to get their cucked out, tucked under jollies by denying Trump his coveted medal, so one of its recipients obviated that catty silliness, and awarded it to him herself.

Suck it, icebacks. You can't stop the orangeman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (BI5O2)

143 I love that Machado gave it to him.
Trump deserves it and it's a big middle finger to the Nobel Peace Prize committee.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (NpAcC)

144 Pahlavi laid out the 5 points he considered help and only one was military action to strike the IRGC. He also made clear that he was not looking for boots in the ground.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (0KSrI)

145 >> So they say. You really believe that? I don't.

Ever been there? Believe it. The greatest amount of their oppression has come from Islamic fanatics. Burning down mosques is a direct shot at their authority. The Persian people are very aware of their history and despise the Arab Islamists.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (T7fic)

146 I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

"itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

147 Iran is a very sketchy place right now. Getting reliable intel, IMO, requires our own assets on the ground, not some second or third hand reporting from Ahmed down the road. Who's probably on the mullah's payroll.

That takes a bit of time. And patience.


That's what Mossad is for. Division of labor, my friend.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

148 Tehran still doesn't have water.

And they have runaway mega-inflation. We sent from 1 million rials to the dollar to 1.5 million in 24 hours.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

149 But no evil Richard Dawson. Two immediate strikes against.

Josh Brolin wasn't bad as the newer villain. He probably acted the role better then Dawson but...again...the script made the character weaker however Brolin played it.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

150 O he did? I meant someone else, but n always walked a line. When was that??
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (3AyDK)

Week or so ago. He's crossed the line many a time but this is the first time I'm aware of that he got an ace-initiated banning. Not sure of any other recent banhammer activity.

Posted by: Stop. Hammer time! at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (TbWk/)

151 Not completely unheard of among Nobel prizes. Knut Hamsun gave away his Nobel Prize for litterature to Joseph Goebbels...

Now Trump will start collecting people's Nobel Peace Prizes like they're Infinity Stones. Sacha Baron Cohen needs to make The Dictator 2, a Bigger Dick

it should be given for actual accomplishments not just acknowledgement of a struggle (i.e. when given to opposition figures). Machado didn't seem much for peace at all.

It's almost like she didn't deserve it in the first place. she supports Trump even though he behaves like a pure dictator

From Norway, not stunned. Stopped being stunned about the world since Trump wasnt barred from becoming president.

None of this crap would have gone down with VZ if the Nobel committee had just awarded to Pope Leo or the girl trying to get aid to Gaza. in fact, the Nobel committee may be responsible for sparking WW3 for that boondoggle.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (kgG3s)

152 I think the entire Greenland spectacle of us taking it is dumb, but if it accomplished beclowning the EU and NATO, I'll take it as a win.

I saw some poll were almost 90% of americans are opposed to the idea. It's just so silly. We have a military base there and the idea this land is going to be pumping out resources like rare earths for us is silly. The local euroweenie population will not allow it. Even if you call them "americans".

Just try and sign a mining deal if that's the goal, but we don't need it. Something like Alaska is basically the same thing. Plenty of natural resources but it doesn't pencil out for any companies.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (eIzlH)

153 Best plan is to take out Davos/WEF and the UN

Posted by: Night Lifted at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (kJmLc)

154 "itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo

IIRC he crashed out and attacked CBD.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

155 Afternoon ace.
Help them overthrow the mullahs and then , as much as possible, stay out of the way. The Persians will set up a stable government. Eventually

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (r8eU0)

156 O he did? I meant someone else, but n always walked a line. When was that??
Posted by: ...
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Within this week. Bad form to talk tough to the head Ewok at his storefront.

The only other ban I can recall recently is Quora Steve whose nic I cannot remember. Guy inevitably gets up the nose of the cobs and then spazzes when they tell him to fix his shit.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

157 Mosques in Iran are FOBs for the Basij militia. That's why they are being targeted by protestors.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (BI5O2)

158 From Norway, not stunned. Stopped being stunned about the world since Trump wasnt barred from becoming president.

Oh brother...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (VE6XX)

159 MOSSAD...there are other intelligence agencies who had access to Iran for 47 years non-stop.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (g47mK)

160 The smellies in MN keep yelling, "We are citizens!" and "These are our people!"

They are severely out-numbered now.

Some smellie is driving by in a pickup blasting Tejano.
(go with Banda, loser, better beat you can dance to, since it's just a polka)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (HXT0k)

161 146 I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

"itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

OHHHHH I hadn't even noticed.

Posted by: Such keen powers of observation have I at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

162 154 "itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo

IIRC he crashed out and attacked CBD.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

Did not start up with the Joo thing, did he?

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (pDt9x)

163 Is it a movie thread yet?

Posted by: Just got here at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (2Ez/1)

164 I tend to assume that the Greenland stuff is Trump using Obama's stray voltage strategy.

Get the EU-niks and Karens wound up and then...don't really do anything

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)

165 > Trump even though he behaves like a pure dictator

Yes, that certainly explains why you're in a death camp, or hiding in an attic shitting your pants every time someone knocks on the door.

Oh, wait: you're not. You're screeching like a retard on Reddit, with absolutely no fear that the secret police are going to show up and take you away.

These are fundamentally unserious people with mental illnesses. They need to be confined for their own safety and that of others.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:52 PM (IG3/x)

166 96 Wait, María Conchita Alonso won the Nobel prize?!

Who knew?
Posted by: Dumb & Dumber at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (47KAQ)

It's funny because she played a freedom fighter in "McBain," as featured on Rifftrax.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 16, 2026 12:52 PM (PSEDc)

167 The moment seems to have passed. Even Trump seems to have backpedaled. I suspect he got real intel that confirmed what I suspected that this was mostly bullshit. We'll see in the coming days or weeks if I am correct or not.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

That would be bad.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 12:36 PM (pDt9x)

It's not that the moment passed; it's that everyone thought that a glitzy Internet revolution with a bunch of unarmed civvy's dancing in the street might work. Against a western government, maybe - against a Fanatical Regime of Evil as vicious as the 3rd Reich at its peak, no way would that work. And we love to think we could do a decapitation strike, but now that they're warned and in hiding, that's really not possible.

What has to be done can be done, but no one should think it will be easy, or brief.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:47 PM (uWKK
_____

I agree and that's kinda my point; that this was never "real" as a true revolution. But you can still see the Hopeium on display here. Maybe they are right. I hope they are. I don't think they are.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:52 PM (iFTx/)

168 This months question is not "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin" but "How many Ayatollahs can you stuff in the back of a Blackhawk".

Posted by: DaveA at January 16, 2026 12:52 PM (FhXTo)

169 Just try and sign a mining deal if that's the goal, but we don't need it. Something like Alaska is basically the same thing. Plenty of natural resources but it doesn't pencil out for any companies.

Look at a globe. Putin and Xi have expressed interest in putting military hardware there. Relatively cheap Palestinian-type rockets on that real estate could cheaply reach NYC and Washington, DC. (And Ottawa and Toronto, but nobody cares about Canada).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (2ocoG)

170 We won Iraq. Twice. DoS and the civilians lost it, largely with their Baathist ban. And the CPA was the devils spawn

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (T7fic)

171 "itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
I scrolled past him anyway and did not realize he got the ban hammer again.

I'll predict he will be back in time for the midterms under a shiny new nic .

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (WDjG6)

172 Who burns down their own mosques? I don't think freedom fighters do that. Radical lunatics do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

==============

Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)
____

So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime. This seems more likely a kinda of antifag lunatic movement that just wants to burn and destroy. That's not a revolution.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)


You are apparently unaware that Persians historically practiced Zoroastrianism before being conquered by the Muslims. Also, there has been an increase of converts to Christianity. How many people in Iran are Zoroastrians or Christian is open to debate, but there's certainly a pool of people of other religions with little reason to love what the Mullahs have done to Iran.

There are reports that many mosques are empty. An abandoned mosque would be a pretty inviting target.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (pJWtt)

173 But you have heard of me But you do remember it, 39 years later.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (kgG3s)

174 Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)
____

So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime. This seems more likely a kinda of antifag lunatic movement that just wants to burn and destroy. That's not a revolution.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

You missed a report that went out during the beginning of the street riots - that the Regime, much like Hamas, had constructed chambers underneath almost all the mosques where weapons stores for the Security forces were kept, and also special detention cells for their use. That's why so many were burned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (uWKK8)

175 MENDOZAAAAA!!!

Posted by: McBane at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (jc0TO)

176

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

Why do I miss all the good stuff

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (3AyDK)

177 161 146 I cannot think of anyone else in the past couple weeks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

"itsgotimedonald", aka Joe Xiden, aka MooMoo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

OHHHHH I hadn't even noticed.
Posted by: Such keen powers of observation have I at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

Huh. I did not see it if it happened. I thought I saw him yesterday or the day before.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (bss/y)

178
None of this crap would have gone down with VZ if the Nobel committee had just awarded to Pope Leo or the girl trying to get aid to Gaza. in fact, the Nobel committee may be responsible for sparking WW3 for that boondoggle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (kgG3s)

Your mental fortitude is beyond impressive. To be able to descend into the depths of insane retardation and reemerge with your mind and psyche still intact is no small feat.

Posted by: Brains of steel at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

179
Just watched this on Iran: https://tinyurl.com/yc3hktfp

And idiots claim the US is tyrannical for deporting illegal aliens. They have no idea.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

180 The religon is baked into the Gov. Striking at a mosque makes perfect sense...the oppressor.

Pedestal destroyed.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (cS1cw)

181 Within this week. Bad form to talk tough to the head Ewok at his storefront.

The only other ban I can recall recently is Quora Steve whose nic I cannot remember. Guy inevitably gets up the nose of the cobs and then spazzes when they tell him to fix his shit.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

and then his stupid ass tried to rotate through VPN and kept coming back with his usual whining, baiting, and trolling some more; what a loser

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (g47mK)

182 I tend to assume that the Greenland stuff is Trump using Obama's stray voltage strategy.

Get the EU-niks and Karens wound up and then...don't really do anything
Posted by: 18-1

==

I guess, but I actually think it does have a cost to Republicans and Trump domestically.

It just sort of negates legitimate foreign policy victories when you have lopsided majorities in agreement that it's a stupid idea.

Trump never ran on taking Greenland and frankly the last thing I want is "more Americans" to take care of. I'd gladly sell Puerto Rico off to the highest bidder.

The population of Greenland is basically just a free shit army, the same as Puerto Rico.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (eIzlH)

183 Why would Pope Kyle get a noble prize? I mean seriously?

Also, since Popes are no longer catholic do bears still shit in the woods?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

184 Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

Why do I miss all the good stuff
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (3AyDK)

Because life's not fair.

Posted by: Full circling at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)

185 I'll predict he will be back in time for the midterms under a shiny new nic .

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (WDjG6)

Maybe shiny, maybe not. He generally maintains more than one at a time so when he comes "back" he doesn't seem new. It's a whole thing.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (3AyDK)

186
The Nobel Peace Prize committee is probably to the right of the Motion Picture Academy but not by much.

At least their prize doesn't double as a dildo like "Oscar".

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (D5naB)

187 Because life's not fair.

Posted by: Full circling at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)

LOL

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (3AyDK)

188 Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)
____

So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime. This seems more likely a kinda of antifag lunatic movement that just wants to burn and destroy. That's not a revolution.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

You missed a report that went out during the beginning of the street riots - that the Regime, much like Hamas, had constructed chambers underneath almost all the mosques where weapons stores for the Security forces were kept, and also special detention cells for their use. That's why so many were burned.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (uWKK

Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)

189 Also...afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (sDpug)

190 Hmm ...

On 30 June 2023, the Comptroller General of the Republic of Venezuela [es] announced that former National Assembly member María Corina Machado was disqualified from holding public office for 15 years.

Nicolás Maduro faced off against Edmundo González

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (RHGPo)

191 Remember that Hamas, which has long been operating with Iranian help, turned every mosque in Gaza into a military HQ and a weapons storage facility.
Is it any surprise that the Iranian Regime would have done the same thing?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (uWKK8)

192 > Something like Alaska is basically the same thing. Plenty of natural resources but it doesn't pencil out for any companies.
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (eIzlH)

What? Alaska exported $3.3 billion in minerals in 2024.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (IG3/x)

193 Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

Why do I miss all the good stuff
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:54 PM (3AyDK)

The n one was fairly silly. n was being contrary (as he is wont to do.) ace took it personally (even though I do not think n was being contrary towards ace but towards someone else.) ace took his belt off and n is like 'hey...'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (bss/y)

194 I thought we always had a carrier parked by the Persian Gulf? There's always some shit going on there.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (y9ksN)

195 In Winston Wolfe's immortal, and oft-quoted-here-at-the-AoSHQ phrase, WLNSSEODQY.

The organizers of the prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute, had already said that the prize “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred”.

Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said: “This is, above all, absurd. The peace prize cannot be given away.” Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, the leader of the Centre party, said: “Whoever has received the prize has received the prize. The fact that Trump accepted the medal says something about him as a type of person: a classic showoff who wants to adorn himself with other people’s honors and work."

Raymond Johansen, the Labour former governing mayor of Oslo who is now secretary general of Norwegian People’s Aid, said “This is unbelievably embarrassing and damaging to one of the world’s most recognized and important prizes. The awarding of the prize is now so politicized and potentially dangerous that it could easily legitimize an anti-peace prize development. I can’t believe she actually gave the prize to Trump. What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (0sNs1)

196 Trump really wants Greenland and I think he wants to do something by the 250th.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (3AyDK)

197 The population of Greenland is basically just a free shit army, the same as Puerto Rico.

Saw a guy interviewing native Greenlanders.

One group was funny - the three agreed they didn't want to be part of the US or "sell" Greenland.

Then the interview asked if they would for $100K. And they all said yes. When chided as to why that was now different the answer was "Because that's a lot of money!"

Of course the funny part of that - if such a thing were to happen you'd see incredible local inflation. Yes it would still be a big payout but anyone still selling groceries or fixing cars there is going to be asking 10X what they were before

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (sKqQm)

198 Except the mosques aren't "their own." The protestors hate the Islamist regime and even Islam itself from all indications.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:43 PM (x4Mz/)
____

So they say. You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime. This seems more likely a kinda of antifag lunatic movement that just wants to burn and destroy. That's not a revolution.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

You missed a report that went out during the beginning of the street riots - that the Regime, much like Hamas, had constructed chambers underneath almost all the mosques where weapons stores for the Security forces were kept, and also special detention cells for their use. That's why so many were burned.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (uWKK
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I didn't miss the report. I don't believe it. Even if that were true, a largely weaponless revolution doesn't burn weapons, when the regime has an almost endless supply and can always get more. A weaponless revolution steals the weapons to use against the regime.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

199 Elric, the Iranians have burned dowm over 250 mosques.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (0KSrI)

200 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?
Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)

I'm overjoyed to hear of it - it saves us the criticism, when we do finally launch an attack, for having to bomb every mosque in the country (Like the Israelis have had to do in Gaza)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (uWKK8)

201 Seriously, it's not a high minded attack on Islam. These large mosques being put to the torch by rioters are staging areas for militiamen, their arms, and ammunition, and comms. They attack them for tactical reasons, not ideological or religious ones.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

202 Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

Well, if he did, I didn't notice, because I didn't ban him. Somebody else must have.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (n9ltV)

203 > How many people in Iran are Zoroastrians or Christian is open to debate, but there's certainly a pool of people of other religions with little reason to love what the Mullahs have done to Iran.

Jews, too, and probably some other weird stuff like Yazidis. Maybe even some tribal religions in the hinterlands.

All operating under deep cover.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (IG3/x)

204 Then the interview asked if they would for $100K. And they all said yes. When chided as to why that was now different the answer was "Because that's a lot of money!"

"We've established what you are, now we are simply negotiating price."

Posted by: Churchillin' like a villain at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (TbWk/)

205 Poland could take Berlin in two weeks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:48 PM (jc0TO)


I remembered watching Pres. Trump's speech in Warsaw (?) during his first term. The Poles seemed pretty enthusiastic and liked what they heard.

If Pres. Trump had told them "Assemble the Pancerni! On to Berlin!" they would have done it.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (pJWtt)

206 I didn't miss the report. I don't believe it. Even if that were true, a largely weaponless revolution doesn't burn weapons, when the regime has an almost endless supply and can always get more. A weaponless revolution steals the weapons to use against the regime.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

A revolution does destroy opposition hardpoints though. You take everything you can carry and then destroy the rest to deny it to the enemy. Fairly standard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (bss/y)

207 What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM



Harrumph.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:59 PM (jc0TO)

208 Basij deploys from your neighborhood mosque. You're protesting, and they want to come out and kill you.

Where do you attack first?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 01:00 PM (BI5O2)

209 ace took his belt off and n is like 'hey...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM


Now that the annual AoSHQ Commenter Reviews are done, it's easy to slip back into old habits, but it's not wise to disappoint Ace.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:00 PM (0sNs1)

210 Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:56 PM (bss/y)

Hmm. The steve one sounds better.

I honestly don't know why yankee would suddenly decide to be contrary after all these years of open polite affability.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:00 PM (3AyDK)

211 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)


It really is marvelous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (n9ltV)

212 I honestly don't know why yankee would suddenly decide to be contrary after all these years of open polite affability.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:00 PM



ISWYDT

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (jc0TO)

213 > Yes it would still be a big payout

$100k per capita works out to around $5 billion total.

A pittance by federal government standards.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (IG3/x)

214 The population of Greenland is basically just a free shit army, the same as Puerto Rico.
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (eIzlH)

Except there's only 55,000 Greenlanders, less than the number of welfare queens in any blue city. And they sit on a metric fuckton of resources. Welfare queens just sit on their fat asses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (8zz6B)

215 What? Alaska exported $3.3 billion in minerals in 2024.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

===

My meaning is that the state is basically empty and you could mine WAY more than we are currently. People don't understand just how big Alaska really is.

Greenland is just more of Alaska. Just because it's there doesn't automatically mean it makes financial sense to process.

Rare earth metals actually aren't all that rare in the Earth, its the refining process that's messy and expensive.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (eIzlH)

216 Raymond Johansen, the Labour former governing mayor of Oslo who is now secretary general of Norwegian People’s Aid, said “This is unbelievably embarrassing and damaging to one of the world’s most recognized and important prizes. The awarding of the prize is now so politicized and potentially dangerous that it could easily legitimize an anti-peace prize development. I can’t believe she actually gave the prize to Trump. What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (0sNs1)
++++
The Peace Prize counts among its laureates terrorists, charlatans and warlords. It is recognized, but not important. It is not an honor.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (GyQIQ)

217 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)

It really is marvelous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM


I opened my windows.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (jc0TO)

218 Maybe the slow deployment of a carrier strike force is a ruse, keeping the towel heads minds away from the big aircraft carrier, Whiteman AFB.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (gm9Sb)

219 > How many people in Iran are Zoroastrians or Christian is open to debate, but there's certainly a pool of people of other religions with little reason to love what the Mullahs have done to Iran.

Jews, too, and probably some other weird stuff like Yazidis. Maybe even some tribal religions in the hinterlands.

All operating under deep cover.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:58 PM (IG3/x)


The Mullahs want pretend that everybody is Iran is Muslim, but it's simply not so.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (pJWtt)

220 You really believe that? I don't. They may hate the regime, but burning down mosques seems a very odd way to strike at the regime.

That's true with some religious leaders like the pope, who don't actually believe or care about their religion, but Khamenei has to at least pretend, because many of his supporters are zealots. Burning down mosques is a direct attack against the supreme religious leader.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (kgG3s)

221 Best plan is to take out Davos/WEF and the UN
Posted by: Night Lifted

I hope it is the missile that doesn't blow up, it cuts.

A rocket from a tiny jet would do the trick. Then

i want to direct the movie. That wonder woman girl has a part.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (EyfuW)

222 Oh, I think the mullahs are, in reality, every bit as popular as democrats and GOPe in the USA.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (gxokI)

223 This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)

224 IIRC, there are less than 700 Danes in all of Greenland.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (jc0TO)

225 I honestly don't know why yankee would suddenly decide to be contrary after all these years of open polite affability.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:00 PM (3AyDK)

ROFLMAO.

He went from Stuart Smalley to Andrew Dice Clay so suddenly, I never noticed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (bss/y)

226 211 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)

It really is marvelous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (n9ltV)

Yes indeed, considering they are the club houses for the Cult from Hell.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (pDt9x)

227 I'm hoping for some good ol' fashioned global warming here but the weather is all glaciers well into next week. Air should never be painful. Air should be warm and comforting with soft, relatively humid, kisses all over.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (3uBP9)

228 I thought we always had a carrier parked by the Persian Gulf? There's always some shit going on there.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (y9ksN)

I think the whole carrier business is a ruse. there are other things going on. they really don't need it to start, to eliminate the missile sites, or hit other targets for example. Israel did not need a carrier to bomb the crap out of the Islamic Republic just 6 months ago. Though I not a military planner....

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (g47mK)

229 The left: Duh why would we want Greenland its like all frozen and stuff. Like is Trump gonna mine through the ice?

Also the left: All the world's snow and ice will be gone within 12 years

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)

230 I didn't miss the report. I don't believe it. Even if that were true, a largely weaponless revolution doesn't burn weapons, when the regime has an almost endless supply and can always get more. A weaponless revolution steals the weapons to use against the regime.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

I think one thing we forget in the west is that in a radical Islamist country like Iran, there is *no* separation of Church and State. The Church IS the State, and the State IS the Church. Go back and look at how many Cathedrals were destroyed and ransacked during the Reformation and later, the English Civil Wars. Iran is now beginning to go through the same thing. It's very violent, very destructive, and unstoppable once it gets going.

We in the west learned to separate church and state by having to go through all of that 4 - 5 centuries ago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (uWKK8)

231 Also, since Popes are no longer catholic do bears still shit in the woods?
Posted by: 18-1

Apparently not according to the Charmin commercials. Disgusting.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (cYBz/)

232 207 What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM


Harrumph.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:59 PM (jc0TO)

Vi må beskytte våre falske pølsejobber, herrene!

Posted by: Du bør passe deg at January 16, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

233 I thought we always had a carrier parked by the Persian Gulf? There's always some shit going on there.

IIRC, the George Washington task group is on the way and will take about a week to get there. I doubt this is by accident. It's basically a countdown clock for the mullahs. They can FA for a bit, but an imminent visit by an aircraft carrier concentrates the mind wonderfully.

"Do you want to be Maduro'd, because this is how you get Maduro'd."

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

234 207 What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM


Harrumph.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:59 PM (jc0TO)

Vi ma beskytte vare falske polsejobber, herrene!

Posted by: Du bor passe deg at January 16, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

235 223 This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)

I have always been a fan of tanlines.

They are wonderful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 01:03 PM (bss/y)

236 This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)
_________

TBWB

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

237 Oops. Sorry the first one got red errored so I thought it didn't go through.

Posted by: Mea culpa. In Norwegian. at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (TbWk/)

238 I mean to get banned from here you either need to be a real jerk or to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (3AyDK)

239 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
......

That's a good citizen.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (UjdFS)

240 I hope Trump hangs it in the Oval Office with his name under it in Yuge Gold Letters.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (qwype)

241 I mean to get banned from here you either need to be a real jerk or to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.

Wait a minute I thought it was 13

Posted by: THe 12th highest ranking Jew in the world at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

242 Vi må beskytte våre falske pølsejobber, herrene!
Posted by: Du b�r passe deg at January 16, 2026 01:03 PM


"Drikk mer ovaltin."
-- Lille foreldreløse Annie

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (0sNs1)

243 And every communist in the world looked up and screamed at the sky.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (XXNjE)

244 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon

But Sharon, having tucked your tootsies under the covers did you not do something?

I'm so confused.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (cYBz/)

245 What on earth is the Nobel committee going to say?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 12:57 PM

Something even less meaningful than whatever the UN says?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (kgG3s)

246 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (sDpug)

No. We are incapable of enjoying the good things in life.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)

247 to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (3AyDK)

One of them is a coblogger and another is in an intimate personal relationship with ace.

Posted by: Don't know about the remaining nine at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)

248 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
---
I'm trying not to do my part, but people keep sending me emails asking me to do things.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (ESVrU)

249 > My meaning is that the state is basically empty and you could mine WAY more than we are currently. People don't understand just how big Alaska really is.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (eIzlH)

That has far more to do with communists than it does with economics.

I know... I live here.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (IG3/x)

250 We are incapable of enjoying the good things in life.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)

This is why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (3AyDK)

251 Ugh, Trump should not be that excited about the peace price. He did not get it and it was wrong to accept it from Machado. He just looks stupid doing it.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (BCuCF)

252 You know sending 34 guys to Greenland is almost comical.

Their mission is specifically to die if the US invades to generate sympathy for the EUniks.

If they sent a few thousand one could argue the EUniks were trying to actually defend their colony with the limited resources they had.

But 34?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

253 The Nobel Prize has always cracked me up. A guy who sold dynamite which has killed millions sets up prizes which reward human achievements. The judges are Swedes and Norwegian. The money is nice but it's as self indulgent as the Oscars

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (r8eU0)

254 Also the left: All the world's snow and ice will be gone within 12 years
Posted by: 18-1

Ahh, bikini babes frolicking on Greenland's beaches. We definitely need to invade now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (L/fGl)

255 This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
.......

sneaker wave on target

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM (UjdFS)

256 >>I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon

Get one of those no-show union jobs with the Teamsters.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM (qwype)

257 It's almost like she didn't deserve it in the first place. she supports Trump even though he behaves like a pure dictator



The fact that anyone on Reddit can post that and still live is proof Trump isn't a dictator.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM (GK5Hx)

258 241 I mean to get banned from here you either need to be a real jerk or to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.

Wait a minute I thought it was 13

Posted by: THe 12th highest ranking Jew in the world


That's what the 11 Jews who secretly run the world want you to think.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

259 I so frickin sick of our destabilization/regime change ops. The New Boss is almost always as bad as the Old Boss.
And we typically end up "owning" another million refugees from the unstable hell-hole /power vacuum/failed state we created.
Winning!

Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM (5FPX4)

260 I'm trying not to do my part, but people keep sending me emails asking me to do things.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM


Can't you delegate them to your trusted Professional Pleasure Procurer Sciuridae?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (0sNs1)

261 I hope they recind the Nobel.

YOU CAN DO IT! PLEASE!

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (cS1cw)

262 to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.
Posted by: ...

One of them is a coblogger and another is in an intimate personal relationship with ace.
Posted by: Don't know about the remaining nine

That causes me to wonder - Are there any good Yiddish songs dumping on shiksas?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (cYBz/)

263 I misinterpreted "I mean to get banned from here" to mean "I intend to get banned from here." I thought,"Oh man! It's about to get spicy in here!"

Posted by: Wally at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (0e5Te)

264
We won Iraq. Twice. DoS and the civilians lost it, largely with their Baathist ban. And the CPA was the devils spawn
Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 12:53 PM (T7fic)



Rather like Vietnam. For all his many faults, Nixon bombed the N Viets back to the peace table and they were scared shitless of what would happen next, so they capitulated. The US got what it wanted, an end to hostilities, an independent S Vietnam and US troops out of the country. A messy, expensive victory but a victory nonetheless.

The North just waited until Nixon was gone and they rearmed to start another war with the South 2 years later, secure in the knowledge that their Donk commie cocksucker allies in the US Congress would prevent the US from aiding the South.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (y9nCu)

265 Teddy Roosevelt: "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

Donald Trump: "Speak VERY LOUDLY and carry FUTURISTIC RAY GUNS."

Joe Biden: "Babble incoherently and carry a limp noodle."

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (se8lQ)

266 > Trump really wants Greenland and I think he wants to do something by the 250th.
---------
There are legit reasons to "want" Greenland. Almost every single one revolves around national security.

Russia and Chine understand its importance. I'm not sure Denmark does. Or cares.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (U2OZr)

267 A pittance by federal government standards.

Heck, that doesn't even reach Somali fraud standards.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (n5tGW)

268 Except there's only 55,000 Greenlanders, less than the number of welfare queens in any blue city. And they sit on a metric fuckton of resources. Welfare queens just sit on their fat asses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

==

Why then are they not mining it currently? Why do you think an American flag changes all that? Who will work in these mines if the locals basically just get a UBI type check for being there?

Even if this country becomes part of America, there's going to be some level of local control from the population. So pretend you give every Greenlander a million dollars to "vote" to be part of the US, what will stop them from saying "no" to any strip mining after they cash the check?

If the goal is resources, just sign a mining deal like we do all the time. You could just mine federal lands in the US, way easier than adding a new country to the US.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (eIzlH)

269 That's what the 11 Jews who secretly run the world want you to think.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:08 PM



Yes .. err .. hmm .. quite ..

Those bastards!

Posted by: Crab People at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (jc0TO)

270 I tend to assume that the Greenland stuff is Trump using Obama's stray voltage strategy.

Get the EU-niks and Karens wound up and then...don't really do anything
Posted by: 18-1

==

I guess, but I actually think it does have a cost to Republicans and Trump domestically.

It just sort of negates legitimate foreign policy victories when you have lopsided majorities in agreement that it's a stupid idea.

Trump never ran on taking Greenland and frankly the last thing I want is "more Americans" to take care of. I'd gladly sell Puerto Rico off to the highest bidder.

The population of Greenland is basically just a free shit army, the same as Puerto Rico.
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM (eIzlH)


Greenland is a strategic piece of real estate. I suppose you are unconcerned about Russia or China putting some IRBM there.

As is typical, many of the "America First! (tm)" folks put forth an incoherent argument that espouses isolationism, pacifism and a willingness to allow hostile nations to do whatever they want.

As far as the American people are concerned, I doubt that there is "lop-sided opposition" to protecting American interests. We're not invading Greenland.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (pJWtt)

271 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM
###

Open your windows. Enjoy the aroma.

Posted by: Gwen Walz at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (2Ez/1)

272 "There are legit reasons to "want" Greenland. Almost every single one revolves around national security."

Very true. And we've now pissed away almost all our domestic political appetite for foreign intervention on Venezuala and Iran.
Winning !

Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (5FPX4)

273 Mullahs: "You and what army?"
Trump: "Me and these 20 Army Rangers."

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (se8lQ)

274 If the goal is resources, just sign a mining deal like we do all the time. You could just mine federal lands in the US, way easier than adding a new country to the US.
Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 01:10 PM (eIzlH)

The goal is military bases to keep the Rooskies and China commies under control.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (qwype)

275 Oh I also ran across someone posting global warming propaganda

It showed southern portions of the world become uninhabitable by certain dates and argued humans would have to move to the poles.

And there were a bunch of lefties telling him to knock it off because a certain someone could use it to justify seizing Greenland. It was hilarious.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

276 238 I mean to get banned from here you either need to be a real jerk or to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (3AyDK)

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (bss/y)

277 Joe Biden: "Babble incoherently and carry a limp noodle pay the Danegeld."
Posted by: zombie

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (kgG3s)

278 ... And there were a bunch of lefties telling him to knock it off because a certain someone could use it to justify seizing Greenland. It was hilarious.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (GyQIQ)

279 "We are a sovereign nation and if we decide to execute half of our civilians, we will do so. Stay out of our affairs."
Khomeini, IRGC, and the murderous foreign mercenaries

Putin, China, Maduro are the same, but only some of them have nukes.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (vbXSk)

280 I'm just waiting for Trump to declare the Moon as the 51st state.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (se8lQ)

281 Even if this country becomes part of America, there's going to be some level of local control from the population. /i]

Amusingly this is one of the complaints the natives currently have with their colonial overlords.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

282 247 to piss off some number of the eleven Jews who secretly run the world. That's pretty much it.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:05 PM (3AyDK)

One of them is a coblogger and another is in an intimate personal relationship with ace.

Posted by: Don't know about the remaining nine at January 16, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)

Garret is Jewish?

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/)

283
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Florida Rep Maxwell Frost (D) posted this video alerting illegals about ICE activities and locations and how to evade ICE.

CHARGE HIM.

https://tinyurl.com/4enhny7u

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 01:12 PM (NpAcC)

284 271 Can't we stop and enjoy the burning mosques without overthinking things?

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 12:55 PM

--------

My gosh, this man is in my head.

When I read about mosques being burned, I enjoyed the moment. Do I know what is actually happening in Iran? No.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2026 01:13 PM (aZm/F)

285 "But 34?"


Give me 266 more.

Posted by: King Leonidas at January 16, 2026 01:13 PM (0e5Te)

286 If we take over Greenland the same leftist cocksucker judges andr Democrats will ban mining there. Like they ban mining or drilling for oil in Alaska.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (kgFPv)

287 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon

But Sharon, having tucked your tootsies under the covers did you not do something?

I'm so confused.
Posted by: Tonypete
......

She might be doing something under the covers but it's really none of our business.

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)

288 here we go:

"🚨@Cloudflare has detected Iranian authorities targeting Instagram accounts with bulk data extraction tools."

(don't know about the account , but judge for yourselves)

https://tinyurl.com/3ff72yka

are they using North Korean resources ?

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (g47mK)

289 So when Venezuela and Iran descend into civil war and millions pressure to immigrate to the US, I'm sure we'll be well positioned just to say "no" because we had nothing to do with it.
Winning !

Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (5FPX4)

290 You know sending 34 guys to Greenland is almost comical.

-
I've forgotten the identities but as WWI was hotting up, some big shot Brit asked some big shot Frenchmen how few Brits they could send to France that would help. The Frenchman answered, "One, and we'll make sure he is killed."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (L/fGl)

291 Greenland is obviously very important because they made not one, but two movies about it with Gerard Butler. Duh.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

292 Internet says we already have 1.2M VZ people

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)

293 Why then are they not mining it currently? Why do you think an American flag changes all that? Who will work in these mines if the locals basically just get a UBI type check for being there?


Probably because Denmark would play Maduro and take everything. Denmark needs hellacious infusions of cash to prop up their welfare state.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 01:15 PM (GK5Hx)

294 The number shall be eleven. It shall not be ten, nor shall it be twelve, eleven being the eleventh number.
Thirteen is right out.

Posted by: A reading from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 4, Verses 16 to 20 at January 16, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1)

295 But 34?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

Rule 34. They're signaling to the internet to make porn if them.

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 01:16 PM (sDpug)

296 Lot of proven resources in Greenland?

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x)

297 Hakeem Penis (Dick -NY) says that when Democrats get back in control they’re gonna prosecute everyone who disagrees with them, especially DHS.

Raise your hand is you’re surprised. You know since this is what they did during their last reign.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (bd7Xf)

298 285 "But 34?"


Give me 266 more.

Posted by: King Leonidas


THIS. IS. GREENLAND!!!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

299
This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)



Well, she isn't British.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)

300 296 Lot of proven resources in Greenland?
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x)

Snow is a resource technically.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (kgFPv)

301 289 So when Venezuela and Iran descend into civil war and millions pressure to immigrate to the US, I'm sure we'll be well positioned just to say "no" because we had nothing to do with it.
Winning !
Posted by: Zek


North Koreans barely even know there is an outside world. They'd be afraid to cross the border into South Korea.

If Iran booted the Mullahs and went capitalist/democratic/free, I suspect millions of expat Iranians who fled in 1979 would return to Iran, rather than the other way around.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (se8lQ)

302 That's true with some religious leaders like the pope, who don't actually believe or care about their religion, but Khamenei has to at least pretend, because many of his supporters are zealots. Burning down mosques is a direct attack against the supreme religious leader.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (kgG3s)


Why would you say that Pope Leo XIV doesn't believe or care about the Roman Catholic Church? The man was an Augustinian monk, and was a missionary for almost 20 years. He's currently trying to restore traditions that Pope Francis saw fit to ignore.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:17 PM (pJWtt)

303 That's what the 11 Jews who secretly run the world want you to think.

Also now that they've confirmed they have Jewish Space Lasers it's a good idea not to annoy them.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (noPDf)

304 Why then are they not mining it currently? Why do you think an American flag changes all that? Who will work in these mines if the locals basically just get a UBI type check for being there?


Probably because Denmark would play Maduro and take everything. Denmark needs hellacious infusions of cash to prop up their welfare state.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 01:15 PM (GK5Hx)
_____

Who works the Alaskan oil fields? It ain't natives or yeti. If the USA were ever to open up mines or other developments in GL, there would be no shortage of Americans to work them. Just like every other time new territory was opened up.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

305 I just love this police chief's reaction to Frey's lunacy. (0:34)

https://is.gd/hBNK5R

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

306 > Like they ban mining or drilling for oil in Alaska.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (kgFPv)

That's changed a lot.

Still a long way to go, but it's way better under Trump than it was before.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (IG3/x)

307 And I meant to say -- a million Venezualan Miss Universe contestants? That kind of immigration I can live with.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (se8lQ)

308 Religious wars begun, they have.

Posted by: Where's my magic underwear? at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)

309 Hakeem Penis (Dick -NY) says that when Democrats get back in control they’re gonna prosecute everyone who disagrees with them, especially DHS
-

This is a message aimed at front line I.C.E. agents. Keep working there and we will fuck you up when we take power.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv)

310 The US currently has a military base in Greenland.

The idea that if we don't take it, Russia then puts ICBMs on it, seems a little ridiculous.

I have no issue with "let's expand our military base in Greenland" instead of "let's make Greenland part of the US"

It has nothing to do with the euroweenies complaining, just seems nutty.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (eIzlH)

311 I'm just waiting for Trump to declare the Moon as the 51st state.
Posted by: zombie
......

Yes, and build some nice casinos and golf courses!

Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)

312 The Chicago Sky will host the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game and related events for the second time in franchise history on July 25, 2026, assuming there hasn't been a player's strike or lockout.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (0sNs1)

313 I intend to be the 51st state...

Posted by: Confusion at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (Bo9Yf)

314 And I meant to say -- a million Venezualan Miss Universe contestants? That kind of immigration I can live with.
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (se8lQ)
++++
Looks-based immigration policy is stupid, but way less stupid than what we do now. I say go for it. Give it a shot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (GyQIQ)

315 Headline (Fox News):

"Top Iran prayer leader who dubbed protesters 'Trump's soldiers' calls for executions amid ongoing unrest
Iran state radio broadcast sermon claiming 350 mosques, 400 hospitals damaged in protests"

"The cleric claimed 350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places had sustained damage, the AP reported. Khatami also claimed that 400 hospitals, 106 ambulances, 71 fire department vehicles and another 50 emergency vehicles sustained damage."



LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2vp2u8wh

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (rj6Yv)

316 244 I found out that today is National Do Nothing Day.
So, here I am with my feet tucked under the covers.
Posted by: Sharon

I didn't get where I am today by lying about with my feet tucked under the covers. One must get up, get out, seize the day.

Posted by: C.J., Head, Sunshine Desserts at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (oftw2)

317 She might be doing something under the covers but it's really none of our business.
Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)

Just closing her eyes and thinking of England?

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (qwype)

318 I watched golf on the moon live.

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (Q+gd/)

319 Lot of proven resources in Greenland?
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x)

I think the "Northern Sea Route" is the resource. Cut's China's travel to the west by about 3k nautical miles.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (g47mK)

320 a million Venezualan Miss Universe contestants? That kind of immigration I can live with.
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (se8lQ)


The Alex Stein "Don't Deport The Big-Booty Latinas" protests have joined the chat.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (noPDf)

321 Jonah Goldberg says Trump doesn't want to be "honorable" just feared. A ) that's ok by me and 2) have another donut Jonah you far grifter puke

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (r8eU0)

322 cuts not cut's

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)

323 Yes, and build some nice casinos and golf courses!

"Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wastes of prime real estate."

Posted by: Al Czervik at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)

324

Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)
49,493.19 +50.75 (+0.10%)
As of 1:20:34 PM EST. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (jc0TO)

325 LOL, Newscum and CA have a brand, new, brilliant idea to solve homelessness:

They're gonna build a 4 story treatment and housing center, "The Villages of SF"

Under their slogan "Treatment not tents."

I wonder how many more $200k+ salaries will be needed to run that place?
And I bet the minimum cost is $100 million to build.

LOL, CA voters have to be the stupidest MFers on the planet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)

326 311 I'm just waiting for Trump to declare the Moon as the 51st state.
Posted by: zombie
......

Yes, and build some nice casinos and golf courses!
Posted by: wth


And the capital's just gotta be called Armstrong City.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (se8lQ)

327 And we wold like China to stay in China.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)

328 Looks-based immigration policy is stupid, but way less stupid than what we do now. I say go for it. Give it a shot.

As an interesting thought point - we are a country with a serious birth dirth brought on mostly by women in aggregate wanting to have fewer or no kids.

You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.

But then we'd get endless Handmaid's Tale spin offs I suppose

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

329 "If Iran booted the Mullahs and went capitalist/democratic/free, I suspect millions of expat Iranians who fled in 1979 would return to Iran, rather than the other way around."

We know this or we hope this? And in the case of Venezuela? There is always potential upside, but I think history cautions that our ability to predict "the next phase" much less shape it is far less than the policy wonks think. Dearborn is Dearborn and Minnesota Somaliland because we broke half the Middle East. But lets keep f*cking that chicken because someday it may give birth to a Golden Retriever.

Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (5FPX4)

330 LOL, CA voters have to be the stupidest MFers on the planet.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)

Uhm…
- Minnesota voters

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (kgFPv)

331 > Who works the Alaskan oil fields? It ain't natives or yeti.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

There are a fair number of people who actually live in Texas and commute.

Not kidding. A typical schedule is two weeks of "7-12s" (seven days a week, 12 hours a day) followed by two weeks off. You can afford the commute when you're raking in that sweet, sweet North Slope money.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (IG3/x)

332 LOL, CA voters have to be the stupidest MFers on the planet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)

Hold our beer.

Posted by: Delaware Voters at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (dK+Kv)

333 Silver spot price today 88.51/ounce.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:23 PM (pDt9x)

334 "20 other holy places"

How many holy places does Islam have? Is this one of those "Mohammed slept here" things?

Posted by: Wally at January 16, 2026 01:23 PM (0e5Te)

335 You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.

But then we'd get endless Handmaid's Tale spin offs I suppose


The women who would make those spinoffs will be aging out and dying, so that's fine.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:23 PM (noPDf)

336 This is a message aimed at front line I.C.E. agents. Keep working there and we will fuck you up when we take power.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv)
===

I wouldn't limit that to ICE. He's threatening DOJ, DOD, and any agency that threatens the Dems' hold on power.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:23 PM (rj6Yv)

337 You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.

But then we'd get endless Handmaid's Tale spin offs I suppose
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
++++
You'd have applicants stacked twelve deep under these rules. After all, our divorce laws are globally famous...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (GyQIQ)

338 "...350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places..."

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

339 > You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years

The women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (IG3/x)

340 Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (5FPX4)

Whoever was missing It's Go Time Donald, I think we've found him.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (noPDf)

341 Looks-based immigration policy is stupid, but way less stupid than what we do now. I say go for it. Give it a shot.

As an interesting thought point - we are a country with a serious birth dirth brought on mostly by women in aggregate wanting to have fewer or no kids.

You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.


I bought a suit today, and while the salesman was an older gentleman of about 55, his internee was an absolutely smoking 6' model. Gad she was gorgeous. It's so sad that I'm 29.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

342 This bikini brunette with nice teeth hopes the mullahs fall:
http://tiny.cc/y0rx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)


Teeth are overrated.

Posted by: Winston Wolf at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (n9ltV)

343 338 "...350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places..."

Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

A good start.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (pDt9x)

344 A typical schedule is two weeks of "7-12s" (seven days a week, 12 hours a day



That’s nuts. Especially for a job that demands a lot of physical work. By day 10 these people have to be walking zombies

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (kgFPv)

345 320 The Alex Stein "Don't Deport The Big-Booty Latinas" protests have joined the chat.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (noPDf)

I recently watched the season of Worst Cooks in America that he was on over a decade ago.

He was just as loud then as he is now.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (FpHTM)

346 310 The US currently has a military base in Greenland.

The idea that if we don't take it, Russia then puts ICBMs on it, seems a little ridiculous.

I have no issue with "let's expand our military base in Greenland" instead of "let's make Greenland part of the US"
Posted by: Leupold

Making it US territory gives us control over ALL the ocean around it to a significant extent. That alone is of immense strategic value. Plus, our small military presence can be ordered out at any time. Not if the land is ours. Right now, if we want the land for security purposes, we have to play nice with Europe. If we take the land, we can tell the EU and NATO to go fuck themselves.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (kgG3s)

347 As an interesting thought point - we are a country with a serious birth dirth brought on mostly by women in aggregate wanting to have fewer or no kids.

You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.

But then we'd get endless Handmaid's Tale spin offs I suppose
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM



The women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

Posted by: Doctor Strangelove at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (jc0TO)

348 LOL, Newscum and CA have a brand, new, brilliant idea to solve homelessness:

They're gonna build a 4 story treatment and housing center, "The Villages of SF"

Under their slogan "Treatment not tents."

-
I have a somewhat different solution, work or starve. Mao had his Little Red Book. I have The Little Red Hen.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl)

349 And I meant to say -- a million Venezualan Miss Universe contestants? That kind of immigration I can live with.
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (se8lQ)
++++
Looks-based immigration policy is stupid, but way less stupid than what we do now. I say go for it. Give it a shot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:20 PM (GyQIQ)
_______

We already have a looks-based immigration policy. It's just that the current policy favors mutations, malformations, abnormalities, and freaks. Will you look at the Somalis and hispanics we let in? These ain't Iman or weather girls.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

350 Yeah, ok. Our invasion is about the Democrats unquenchable thirst for power. Period full stop.

It has zero to do with anything that happened as a result of our Middle East policies other than it created groups they could import by subverting the immigration system.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (bd7Xf)

351 311 I'm just waiting for Trump to declare the Moon as the 51st state.
Posted by: zombie
......

Yes, and build some nice casinos and golf courses!
Posted by: wth

318 I watched golf on the moon live.
Posted by: davidt


The first course will be called The Alan Shepard Country Club.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (se8lQ)

352 "They don't kill you because you're a fascist -- they call you a fascist so they can kill you. "

---Someone

Posted by: Beverly at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (reMys)

353 Teeth are overrated.

Posted by: Winston Wolf


Hi there, big boy.

Posted by: Granny Clampett at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

354 ...350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places...

and a partridge in a pear tree.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:26 PM (jc0TO)

355 Yes, and build some nice casinos and golf courses!
Posted by: wth at January 16, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)
++++
Geeze. How long would a Par 3 be on the friggin' *moon*?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 01:26 PM (GyQIQ)

356 Damn! If my ears hadn't gone south years ago I would start wearing earplugs. Damn Finnish Air Force is giving Sebastian County AR a beat down with the F35s. Sisu.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2026 01:26 PM (gm9Sb)

357 Who works the Alaskan oil fields? It ain't natives or yeti.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

There are a fair number of people who actually live in Texas and commute.

Not kidding. A typical schedule is two weeks of "7-12s" (seven days a week, 12 hours a day) followed by two weeks off. You can afford the commute when you're raking in that sweet, sweet North Slope money.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (IG3/x)
_______

Yup, I know. I've been to Alaska to ski and met some of the guys working the fields.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

358 None of this crap would have gone down with VZ if the Nobel committee had just awarded to Pope Leo or the girl trying to get aid to Gaza. in fact, the Nobel committee may be responsible for sparking WW3 for that boondoggle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 12:50 PM (kgG3s)
*******
Well, this will them off. lol
Machado had hundreds of rosaries given to her by the Venezuelans. When she fled the country she took 8 of them with her.
She met with Pope Leo and he blessed the rosaries.
Machado gave one of the blessed rosaries to Trump.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (NpAcC)

359 Posted by: Wally at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (0e5Te)

If I ever wanted to get banned I would make it unforgettable.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (3AyDK)

360 318 I watched golf on the moon live.
Posted by: davidt

The first course will be called The Alan Shepard Country Club.
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (se8lQ)
===

I'm fore that!

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)

361 LOL, Newscum and CA have a brand, new, brilliant idea to solve homelessness:

They're gonna build a 4 story treatment and housing center, "The Villages of SF"

Under their slogan "Treatment not tents."


This would be what, Newscum's fifth failed attempt at eradicating homelessness?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (0sNs1)

362 No atmosphere on the moon, so no hooks or slices.

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (Q+gd/)

363 ...350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places...

and a partridge in a pear tree.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:26 PM (jc0TO)

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (bss/y)

364 If I ever wanted to get banned I would make it unforgettable.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM



a blazer of glory, as it were.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

365 Seen at Insty: the Atlantic says antisemitism is the fault of the Jews. Is there nothing they can't do?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (noPDf)

366 You can argue our immigration policy should be to only take women of child bearing years and require them to marry an American man within a certain amount of time.

But then we'd get endless Handmaid's Tale spin offs I suppose
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

I am positive this will result in a shizzle ton of marriages based in love and respect, obviously rooted in biblical principles. It will absolutely not be a goldmine for divorce lawyers. 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (OoFl2)

367 ItsGoTimeDonald was banned?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

368 Seen at Insty: the Atlantic says antisemitism is the fault of the Jews. Is there nothing they can't do?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM


Pay retail?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

369 364 If I ever wanted to get banned I would make it unforgettable.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM


a blazer of glory, as it were.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

Better to die a hero than live a mewling quim.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 01:28 PM (bss/y)

370 I just love this police chief's reaction to Frey's lunacy. (0:34)

https://is.gd/hBNK5R
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)


I saw that last night. I told Mrs. Cop at the time that the Minneapolis Police Chief looked pretty subdued. He knows that "fighting ICE" is a really bad idea.

He should have interrupted the Mayor and just said that his police officers were not going to "fight ICE" as long as he's Chief. But he didn't, so he values his job more than his reputation.

Walz and Frey are stirring-up their flying monkeys because they both a deep trouble over the billions of dollars stolen by the Somalis.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (pJWtt)

371 This would be what, Newscum's fifth failed attempt at eradicating homelessness?

I just don't get it. We keep giving away huge amounts of money with no metrics or deadlines, and the problem just keeps getting worse.

Posted by: Gavin Newsome at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

372 This is it. This is the big one, ladies and gentlemen. This is for all the moon rocks...

Posted by: Bill Murray at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)

373 Posted by: Wally at January 16, 2026 01:09 PM (0e5Te)

If I ever wanted to get banned I would make it unforgettable.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:27 PM (3AyDK)

Dangling participle?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

374 It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees.

Posted by: That Old Italian Pimp at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (jc0TO)

375 Is Shep Smith still around? I'm serious did he die? I feel like I haven't heard anything from xe/xer in forever.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM (3AyDK)

376 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)

377 Newsom solved homelessness in San Francisco for 48 hours when Xi visited . Super easy barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (kgFPv)

378 I don't really have an opinion of Greenland as a US territory other than cool, we own Greenland.

And also we need a strategic place to launch aircraft for our war with the nuclear armed UK mullah regime in a few years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

379 Why porn stars shouldn't run for office.

https://is.gd/w5xWrG

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (L/fGl)

380 Dangling participle?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

Can't, not since they instituted the size limit for comments

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (3AyDK)

381
5

THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM

-------

The Nobel Committee will also cite the transfer as a reason Trump is not eligible for the prize in the future, "in case you had any doubts about who and what we really are."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 01:32 PM (HLgI3)

382 ICE is eating people in Minneapolis!!!!

Posted by: Shep Smith Comeback Tour at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (0e5Te)

383 Posted by: Zek at January 16, 2026 01:22 PM (5FPX4)

Whoever was missing It's Go Time Donald, I think we've found him.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 01:24 PM (noPDf)

His stalkery hate boner for Fen will not be so easily circumscribed.

Posted by: Robert at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (sDpug)

384 NOOD ALERT

Posted by: Max Power at January 16, 2026 01:34 PM (SwyyQ)

385 7
THE Nobel Committee issued a defiant statement that its prizes “cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others” following Maria Corina Machado’s decision to gift hers to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (pkeXY)

Of course they did...
Posted by: It's me donna
---

Indian givers.

If they gave it to her it belongs to her. They cannot tell her what she can or cannot do with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 01:39 PM (3UR/I)

386 382 ICE is eating people in Minneapolis!!!!
Posted by: Shep Smith Comeback Tour at January 16, 2026 01:33 PM (0e5Te)

I love you Morons!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 02:50 PM (WONhk)

387 Once Barky Obungo "won" the award I figured it was a woke popularity award.

Which always surprises me that Trump wants it so badly. He deserves it, yes, but it seems to be less worthy of an award than in the distant past.

This lady should be the President of Venezuela, not that I know squat. But a very nice thing for her to do. She has to be better than Maduro's VP.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 02:52 PM (WONhk)

388 This guy accepted it with a straight face #facepalm

Posted by: Severe Conservative at January 16, 2026 02:57 PM (QSOcm)

389 Go eat your socks liberal Pansies

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 16, 2026 06:10 PM (wGqjj)

As SCOTUS Debates "Trans Women" Competing in Girls Sports, the World's 671st Ranked Male Tennis Player Easily Beats the Woman Ranked #1; also, Remembering Scott Adams and Dilbert

Supreme Court Building.JPG

The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this week on whether individual states are allowed to ban “transgender women” (e.g. males) from competing in girls’ sports at the high school and college level. It’s a triumph for the woke assault on civilized norms that the Supreme Court justices even took this case.

The good news is that the prevailing sentiment of court watchers is that the court will rule in favor of the states which ban biological males from competing in women’s sports. But it is also concerning if this NBC report is true, “There was wide agreement on the bench that, at least in the cases before them, the scientific consensus on to what extent transgender girls and women have a competitive advantage is not clear.

Yikes. I hope that statement is just wishcasting on the part of a left-wing journalist. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson famously admitted during her confirmation hearing in 2022 that she is scientifically illiterate not a biologist and is unaware of any differences between men and women. But I certainly hope that there is not “wide agreement” among the other eight justices that men do not have a proven competitive advantage over women.

Meanwhile, a tennis “battle of the sexes” just took place a couple weeks ago, matching Nick Kyrgios against Aryna Sabalenka. Mr. Kyrgios is ranked 671st among male professional tennis players. He has played just six tour-level matches in the past three years. Ms. Sabalenka has won four women’s grand slam tournaments, and is currently ranked #1 in the world among professional female tennis players.

Because the tennis world understands that women and men are not equal, Ms. Sabalenka’s side of the court was 9% smaller, meaning that she had less ground to cover compared to Kyrgios, and that he had a smaller in-bounds area in which he could place his shots than she did.

Mr. Kyrgios won easily in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.

This is also an appropriate moment to remember that back in 2017 a soccer team of under-15 year old boys whipped the US Women’s National Soccer Team.

“FC Dallas under-15 boys squad beat the U.S. Women's National Team in a scrimmage” [CBS – 04/04/2017]

In preparation for two upcoming friendlies against Russia, the U.S. women’s national team played the FC Dallas U-15 boys academy team on Sunday and fell 5-2, according to FC Dallas’ official website.

Circling back to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Ace documented this amazing question of hers from the bench this week, "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Yes, how do you respond to that? KBJ is an orator for the ages. We may have to start referring to her as Ketanji Wendell Holmes.

*****

GM Pivoting its Focus from One Tesla Niche to Another Tesla Niche

My latest piece at The American Spectator, “EVs and Autonomous Vehicles: General Motors’ Doomed Focus on Unprofitable Boutique Products” has been published.

General Motors’ heir-apparent to the CEO office was hired just eight months ago from an autonomous vehicle start-up company that has lost billions of dollars and has less than 10 vehicles on the road.

Since Mr. Anderson’s hiring, several prominent executives have departed [General Motors], presumably because they don’t share his vision for prioritizing self-driving cars. As reported by CNBC a few weeks ago, Mr. Anderson “has consolidated power to oversee ‘the end-to-end product lifecycle’ of GM vehicles, including manufacturing, engineering, battery, software and services product management, and engineering teams, according to GM.”

Despite the massive EV losses that GM has incurred, the company is apparently casting its lot with a tech executive whose profit-and-loss experience is with cash burn rather than cash flow.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

*****

Remembering Scott Adams

Scott Adams’ death is being eloquently covered by others, so there is not much I can add. But I do want to offer up a few quick thoughts. Aside from Dilbert being my favorite cartoon for decades, I was a loyal reader of Mr. Adams’ blog for many years before his greater celebrity during the Trump era. Mr. Adams often expanded my views, and occasionally frustrated me, but he helped me understand how rational people can understand things differently.

Back in 2016, when I doubted that Donald Trump was in any way conservative, and when I thought Trump had no chance to beat Hillary in the presidential election, Scott Adams was one of two writers who made an impact on my attitude toward that election. Mr. Adams famously wrote about the reasons why Trump was likely to win. He was right. (The other writer was John Hinderaker of Powerline, who was the first legacy conservative I read who stated that of course we traditional Republicans needed to vote for Trump.)

I was flattered once when Scott put out a call for Dilbert topics and he ended up using one of my submissions. As I recall, his invitation to the public was something to the effect of ”You provide the workplace situation and I’ll provide the humor.” I wrote him and offered up what a special hell it was to be working for a company campaigning for recognition in a local “Best Places to Work” contest. Shortly thereafter he used that in a cartoon.

Finally, my favorite Dilbert character was one who got very little screen time. Scott Adams may be gone, but Mordac, The Preventer of Information Services lives on.

I think of Mordac every time I have a spontaneously obsolete password, or I’m blocked from being able to access a system necessary for my job, or I can’t access an SaaS app because there are too few licenses, or I’m logged out of a system because I got called away for a short meeting, etc. In all these circumstances, I give a tip of the hat to Mordac, and I applaud his success in protecting my employer by preventing me from doing my job.

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[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 11:02 AM (NcvvS)

3 Yesss!!!

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

4 Was Nick Kyrgios drunk during the match?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:04 AM (ULPxl)

5 Gotta love Wally.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

6 It's good that your x embeds still work even though x is down. I was wondering how that would go.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:05 AM (3uBP9)

7 Gotta love Wally.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

My favorite Dilbert character.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

8 Forget cars.

You'd think that, of all things, Information Technology would be more or less fully automated by now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (06Hmj)

9 The boys soccer team that trounced the national wymynses team wasn’t some all star team either. It was an average random team.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (kgFPv)

10 Three topics! Not sure my brain can process that many at once, but will try. No EV conflagrations, so I'm slightly downcast.

Posted by: Short Bus Bobby at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (oftw2)

11 We may have to start referring to her as Ketanji Wendell Holmes.

Ketanji Timothy Walz.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (ULPxl)

12 Yikes. I hope that statement is just wishcasting on the part of a left-wing journalist.
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It isn't. What do you think "scientific consensus" means? It means "narrative-confirming."

"Scientific consensus" is not a thing. The scientific method is based on disproof. When "scientists" are all in agreement on something, it is an indicator of failure.

The "scientific consensus" told us that factories warm the planet. It wold us that COVID came from bats. It told us that boys can be girls. It told us the earth was the center of the universe. It told us lots of shit that is obviously untrue, and it kept telling us those same things for long, long after it became obvious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:07 AM (GyQIQ)

13 "Functional Security"

Means it's functionally secure, but unusable. Something I learned working for the US Army.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 11:07 AM (U2OZr)

14 Mr. Kyrgios won easily in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
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Why did she agree to the contest? I can see why he did. He's 600-something in the rankings and nobody knows his name. This was his chance to get his name his out there.

But her? Why did she?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

15 SCOTUS needed to hear from a few victims of transgender "women" harming female players. Such as Payton McNabb, who had her face broken by a male volleyball player.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (ppUit)

16 "Security is more important than usability."

I have 416 online accounts with unique passwords. I spend prolly 10% of my online time logging into and out of shit. It got me thinking about all the other security stuff I have to do daily, like locking and unlocking car, house, garage, etc. It's burdensome, in a First-World-Problem sense.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (N8ZBc)

17 Thx Buck.
The difference between men and women is obvious unless you're an ideologue. There was some woman professor who said there was no physiological difference between them after puberty. Ok, "expert" then we will only have one category for every sport, let the best person play

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (Oql3v)

18 Gotta love Wally.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

My favorite Dilbert character.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM


I'm a fan of Catbert, Evil HR Director.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (kgE5c)

19 The science is settled. The earth is flat.
- Science a few thousand years ago

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 11:09 AM (kgFPv)

20 But her? Why did she?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

Sponsorship money, maybe?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:09 AM (06Hmj)

21 In preparation for two upcoming friendlies against Russia, the U.S. women’s national team played the FC Dallas U-15 boys academy team on Sunday and fell 5-2, according to FC Dallas’ official website.
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Did they claim it wasn't their first-string players and that they lost only because they were giving their other players a chance for some tough practice? That's the normal response.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:09 AM (GyQIQ)

22 >>> 8 Forget cars.

You'd think that, of all things, Information Technology would be more or less fully automated by now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (06Hmj)

Don't you love working in a paperless office?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:09 AM (ULPxl)

23 Don't you love working in a paperless office?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:09 AM (ULPxl)

My workplace isn't paperless, but I am.

I'm really, really good at losing papers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:10 AM (06Hmj)

24 RIP Scott Adams. Now he knows what lies beyond the curtain, I hope he's having a good time up there in heaven with the other raconteurs. I'll miss his morning coffee convos.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 11:10 AM (gWBY1)

25 The rules for the Kyrgios-Sabalenka match were even more rigged than is described in this post.

In addition to the smaller court on Sabalenka's side, the rules stipulated only one serve per point. In order words, the players didn't get the normal two serves to get a ball in play, but only one.

While that may appear not to favor either side, in reality it was designed to (and did) substantially limit the power of Kyrgios' serve. If he had two serves, the first would have been at full power -- far harder than any woman on the planet can serve -- and Sabalenka would have almost no chance to return it. But because he only had one, he had to basically just lob it over as if it was his normal second serve.

Also: Kyrgios was injured and not at 100%.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:10 AM (iFTx/)

26 Dilbert's Curse of Competence was the team award for years at my work to anyone who managed to handle another teams problems better than they could, and get stuck with a new "business partner" as a result. As far as I know, it's still passed around there.

Posted by: Al_the_competent at January 16, 2026 11:10 AM (lahVd)

27 Since Mr. Anderson’s hiring, several prominent executives have departed [General Motors], presumably because they don’t share his vision for prioritizing self-driving cars.
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Self-driving cars - if they can be safely and reliably made at all - are a serious long-haul investment. The problem is already 85% solved. That last 15%, though, is *heavy* - like Everest on top of a mouse heavy. If GM is going down that road, it's betting the entire business on it - right after they bet the business on EVs. Dangerous.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:10 AM (GyQIQ)

28 In the tennis match , players did not have a second serve. It's also limited Kyrgios, keeping being him from hitting the ball as hard as even normally would on a first serve

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 16, 2026 11:11 AM (X3dKC)

29 Why are there lefties dancing on Adam's grave? General vileness is assumed. But are there other reasons?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 16, 2026 11:12 AM (1Cdp9)

30 But her? Why did she?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

If she is a traditional woman, and un-Woke, maybe she went into the match, expecting to lose, and to make the point that men and women are different.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)

31 "I have 416 online accounts with unique passwords. "

That is completely insane!!!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 16, 2026 11:12 AM (3AwA+)

32 Why are there lefties dancing on Adam's grave? General vileness is assumed. But are there other reasons?
Posted by: Northernlurker


Som completely reasonable statement that he made about whites staying out of black neighborhoods that was instantly labelled "racist!".

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

33 I have several Dilbert collections somewhere in my moving boxes. I think I'll try to locate them this weekend.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 16, 2026 11:14 AM (PSEDc)

34 I'm a rugby fanatic and hate what's going on with colleges.

Title IX has been construed to require equal numbers of men and women in varsity sports. But not all varsity sports are equal.

Colleges often use football for brand identity to attract students and to get money from alumni. Think Notre Dame. Women's field hockey doesn't quite do this.

This throws off the M/W ratio and the budget. So you see women getting recruited for crew who've never rowed.

Making Women's Rugby a varsity sport while keeping Men's a club is what many colleges do. It comes down to whether the Men's club can get good coaching or not. And travel money for national playoffs. Many good teams get shut out for not having the money.

But let's pretend that women are equal in all things.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 11:14 AM (dtajH)

35 The entire point of sports is that it is actually a competition. If there is a blowout one way or another, it gets pretty boring. Because a blow out means there is no competition going on here. The teams are not equal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

36 I have several Dilbert collections somewhere in my moving boxes. I think I'll try to locate them this weekend.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I have the complete collections of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. I guess the complete Dilbert collection is next on my list, when it comes out.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

37 Meanwhile, a tennis “battle of the sexes” just took place a couple weeks ago, matching Nick Kyrgios against Aryna Sabalenka.

From the linked article:

Kyrgios, the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up who has played only six tour-level matches in the past three years because of wrist and knee injuries, appeared to play within himself at times...

I don't understand. Was he jacking it under his shorts as he played? Based.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 16, 2026 11:15 AM (JCZqz)

38 The "scientific consensus" told us that factories warm the planet. It wold us that COVID came from bats. It told us that boys can be girls. It told us the earth was the center of the universe. It told us lots of shit that is obviously untrue, and it kept telling us those same things for long, long after it became obvious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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As a parallel:

" 51 former intelligence officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to issue a letter discrediting the reporting that President Joseph R. Biden’s son had abandoned his laptop at a computer repair business."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 11:16 AM (XeU6L)

39 Why did she agree to the contest? I can see why he did. He's 600-something in the rankings and nobody knows his name. This was his chance to get his name his out there.

But her? Why did she?
Posted by: Joe Mannix


He's very well known in the tennis world.
He's coming off injuries.

Kyrgios currently ranks 671 and has been ranked as high as world No. 13 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2019 and 2022 Washington Open, and reached eleven finals, most notably a major final at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

In doubles, Kyrgios has a career-high ranking of world No. 11, achieved on 7 November 2022, winning a major doubles title at the 2022 Australian Open while partnering with Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 11:16 AM (GK5Hx)

40 The rules for the Kyrgios-Sabalenka match were even more rigged than is described in this post.

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Now, think about how much the military had to rig qualifications for women to enter combat arms line units.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)

41 ""I have 416 online accounts with unique passwords. "

That is completely insane!!!"

Just to create and spin up one single app in AWS, I had to create something like a dozen accounts and passwords to admin it. That was back in the bad old days; I don't know what it's like now.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 11:16 AM (N8ZBc)

42 I have the complete collections of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. I guess the complete Dilbert collection is next on my list, when it comes out.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

I have those too, and Bloom County as well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 16, 2026 11:16 AM (PSEDc)

43 I honestly don't know how these trannie legal decisions take longer than maybe 10 minutes.

They are basically two question cases:

Question 1: Do XX chromosomes make for a biological girl/woman and do an XY chromosome make for a biological boy/man?

Question 29 and related stuff): Should we be required by law to treat insane people in compliance with their insanity?

In other words, should we treat a man claiming to be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson? Should we give him your seat on the Supreme Court and allow him to make legally binding decisions? If not, why not?

Or suppose a woman claims that she is a goat. Should we treat her as a goat in a legally binding manner and feed her hay and leave her outside to wander in the fields. If not, why not?

That this trannie silliness is even being discussed beyond confinement in a mental institution proves that Yes! The law is an ass.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 11:18 AM (iJfKG)

44 Thank you - it's always a pleasure to read your posts and articles!

Scott Adams was quite a guy and Dilbert was one of the few great comics. People, including my wife, love Peanuts, but it really wasn't that funny, at least to me. The Wizard of Id was a "don't miss." Blondie was always the first strip in the comic section, and it was pretty good. The Far Side was great. Of course Calvin and Hobbes set the bar impossibly high and Bill Watterson is the favorite of everyone in Chagrin Falls and Northeast Ohio in general.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:18 AM (2ap+5)

45 When I was studying martial arts as a teenager, my master's daughter Soo-mi was a year younger. She was practicing Tae Kwon Do from the time she could walk. She had much better technical skills than me. She was also tall and very athletic for a girl.

We did full-contact tournaments. Master would have me spar with Soo-mi to help prepare her for her matches. The idea was for her to train against someone much bigger and stronger than she would face in the tournament.

Suffice to say that as good as she was, I could have literally killed her in the ring if I wanted to. She was very quick and landed some kicks to my face. They stung but didn't do any damage. By contrast, if I ever kicked her in the face with full power, she'd be KOed instantly. If not her neck broken. She could beat almost any female opponent, and she did. But she had 0% chance against a bigger, stronger man.

And yes: Soo-mi was a smokeshow. And yes, we dated for a while. "She was my first Asian."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

46 "Just to create and spin up one single app in AWS, I had to create something like a dozen accounts and passwords to admin it."

Ah. Now I get it. I was thinking how weird it was that you would do that much online shopping...

Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 16, 2026 11:19 AM (3AwA+)

47 Raise your hand if, sometime in your life you have heard 'Well Billy Jean King beat nameless loser...'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)

48 Dilbert was a great strip. It never made me laff-laff though, because it was all so realistic. It was my working life, laid bare and brutally candid about it.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (N8ZBc)

49 McEnroe said when Serena Williiams was No. 1 that she'd be about 700th in men's ranking.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (XvL8K)

50 Serena Williams admitted that she would lose to any too 200 make player in the world . She was realistic. Ideologues can't deal with reality

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (Oql3v)

51 So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:21 AM (3uBP9)

52 If she is a traditional woman, and un-Woke, maybe she went into the match, expecting to lose, and to make the point that men and women are different.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)
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That would be the only good answer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:21 AM (GyQIQ)

53 Raise your hand if, sometime in your life you have heard 'Well Billy Jean King beat nameless loser...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Bobby Riggs was not a nameless loser. He had been a big deal at one time. He just threw the match to pay off his debts to the Mob.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

54 As with everything else, if government got out of the business of sticking its nose in the business of competitive athletics, then all of this would sort itself out.

If you want to play sportsball against someone, go ahead, I couldn't care less who you complete against.

Just deduct zero dollars and zero cents from my wallet.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (dGCAG)

55 So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.
Posted by: banana

what happened ??

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (g47mK)

56 37 Meanwhile, a tennis “battle of the sexes” just took place a couple weeks ago, matching Nick Kyrgios against Aryna Sabalenka.

From the linked article:

Kyrgios, the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up who has played only six tour-level matches in the past three years because of wrist and knee injuries, appeared to play within himself at times...

I don't understand. Was he jacking it under his shorts as he played? Based.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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* blink blink *

Dude.. jacking it!

The folks in the office are looking at me wondering why I'm laughing out loud and grabbing napkins to clean up my laptop.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 16, 2026 11:23 AM (VkY89)

57 So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.
Posted by: banana Dream

Boy has that guy ever been a disappointment.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

58 8 Forget cars.

You'd think that, of all things, Information Technology would be more or less fully automated by now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (06Hmj)
- - - - - - - - - - -
Too many factors fighting against it.

IT is seen as a cost, so measures are taken to lower the cost. Either getting rid of your veterans (who fought the IT wars, and know not only how it works, but WHY it works) for interns and foreign labor, or into the magic clouds. Former do not have the experience and knowledge, just a script. The latter have the same issues, except now you pray it doesn't storm because there's absolutely nothing you can do when it does.

The "Tower of Babel" situation. Even if two computer environments speak the same language, devs on either side mess it up by not understanding specifications... or not caring. So one or the other has to patch for the bad case, then patch for another bad case, until it's a tumor made up of band-aids. For an example - read about all the Windows hacks to keep apps running. Ye olde "SimCity", for instance, "freed memory"... then kept using it afterwards. So, a hack to let that game keep running, built right into Windows.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 16, 2026 11:23 AM (4h45B)

59 51 So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:21 AM (3uBP9)

Huh. I am assuming on twitter, where Iowahawk went to live forever about a decade ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:23 AM (bss/y)

60 >>> So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.
Posted by: banana

what happened ??

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (g47mK)


x.com/iowahawkblog/status/
2012196980747878717

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:24 AM (3uBP9)

61 GM has a death wish...just sayin'.

About 35 years ago, my late uncle, who did a lot of tool making business with GM (in those days), predicted they would go bankrupt some day ( remember 2009?) because of their low productivity and ridiculous benefits package they had for their hourly workers.
Well, my opinion was they also had some lousy engineers and management people. As much as people like to crack on UAW employees, they don't design the cars, the assembly lines, the engines, etc.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:24 AM (vcOmj)

62 Raise your hand if, sometime in your life you have heard 'Well Billy Jean King beat nameless loser...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)

Hey man, what lesbos do in their bedroom is none of my damn business.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (dGCAG)

63 So one or the other has to patch for the bad case

This is about me, isn't it?
-- Dan Crenshaw

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

64
Bobby Riggs was not a nameless loser. He had been a big deal at one time. He just threw the match to pay off his debts to the Mob.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)


Bobby Riggs would play with a frying pan and still beat guys who bet on trying to play tennis with him. He was also - what? - 55 years old and playing a 29 year old.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (tgvbd)

65 there is a lot of interruption in the internets today. say hello to cyber ops.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (g47mK)

66 Scott Adams summed up the plight of the current time in one simple concept- We (the royal we) are watching two different movies on the same screen.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (MZ+PY)

67 Oh, He's criticizing JJ's ART? Well, that is a slightly different colored horse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

68 the fascination with autonomous vehicles seems to be out of the same cloth as the tech industries fascination with AI; profitability being based more on faith than on hard calculations. I can see it as a research project one keeps on the back burner until it pans out; but to bet the company on it now?
But they probably think they're too big to fail. All great failures do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:26 AM (uWKK8)

69 Missing my point, Bulg but a fair point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)

70 Raise your hand if, sometime in your life you have heard 'Well Billy Jean King beat nameless loser...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Bobby Riggs was not a nameless loser. He had been a big deal at one time. He just threw the match to pay off his debts to the Mob.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
______

Yea, Riggs had earlier beat a much better female opponent than BJK. Riggs didn't train for the match, showed up drunk and out of shape, and kept missing easy shots. He threw the match or at least gave it the middle finger it deserved.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)

71 Conservatives are celebrating spending untold millions in legislation and legal fees to keep less than a hundred kids out of sports.

The outcome was never in doubt. The complete destruction of trans rights and, by extension, trans people was always part of the agenda. There’s a whole section about it written down in Project 2025.

It's not a good feeling to see your country dedicate so much effort to making your life worse because they hate you and refuse to understand you. That's even worse when a child is on the receiving end of this.

Every time there's a post about trans issues, the iMa vErY liBrAl bUUUUt people come out of the wood work. Your position fails at the most basic level: how are you going to enforce it??? The only foolproof way is genital inspections (which I bet has always been the real goal for conservatives).

The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that. conservatives think all trans women are fat hairy guys in dresses. They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (JCZqz)

72 There's a great meme going around. Saint Peter is escorting Scott Adams to his glorious new heavenly cubicle.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (2Ez/1)

73 Scott Adams was fascinated by autonomous vehicles. He was constantly talking about how much he wanted to send his car to pick up carryout.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (2ap+5)

74 Not to be a downer, but what makes me upset is even with a conservative leaning SC, our victories are incremental.

Like I'm sure these state laws banning men in womens sports will be upheld, so basically if you live in a really conservative, red state you're fine. But live in a purple or blue state (which is most of America) and you're still subject to this nonsense.

A liberal court would find a way to mandate their policy to all 50 states. Look at gay marriage for example.

Posted by: Leupold at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (eIzlH)

75 Suffice to say that as good as she was, I could have literally killed her in the ring if I wanted to. She was very quick and landed some kicks to my face. They stung but didn't do any damage. By contrast, if I ever kicked her in the face with full power, she'd be KOed instantly. If not her neck broken. She could beat almost any female opponent, and she did. But she had 0% chance against a bigger, stronger man.

And yes: Soo-mi was a smokeshow. And yes, we dated for a while. "She was my first Asian."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

You should have kicked her in the face, pointed at her and shouted, So Soo Mi!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew8)

76 Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:24 AM (3uBP9)

he is upset by nancy's face ? what a weirdo

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (g47mK)

77 IIRC, Bobby Riggs beat a higher rated female player a month before playing Bille Jean King.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (ZJfQw)

78 >>> Hey man, what lesbos do in their bedroom is none of my damn business.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2026 11:25 AM (dGCAG)


^^^THIS

Posted by: Sinema's Security Guys at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (3uBP9)

79
Collision between autonomous vehicles

*AI generated voices*

"Asshole!"
"Jerkoff!"
"What the F- did you think you were doing?"

*gunfire*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (tgvbd)

80 the fascination with autonomous vehicles seems to be out of the same cloth as the tech industries fascination with AI; profitability being based more on faith than on hard calculations. I can see it as a research project one keeps on the back burner until it pans out; but to bet the company on it now?
But they probably think they're too big to fail. All great failures do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:26 AM (uWKK

Autonomous vehicles ought to be real easy to steal. Just trap them in traffic, pick them up with a forklift, and stuff them in the back of a box truck rigged as a Faraday cage. Part 'em out right in the truck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)

81 @53 Bobby Riggs was a street kid who managed to win Wimbledon, and always a hustler.

In his 50s, he beat #1 Margaret Court in straight sets. With a lot of hype, this set-up the Big Match against #2 Billie Jean which he somehow, somehow managed to lose.

Later, he was a guest star on The Odd Couple where he hustled Felix and Oscar at ping pong, 2 on 1. After he was winning, he offered to play with a frying pan. The a frozen fish ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 11:29 AM (dtajH)

82 So, Iowahawk Burge has decided to personally start knocking JJ Sefton today, for whatever damned reason.
Posted by: banana

what happened ??

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 11:22 AM (g47mK)


x.com/iowahawkblog/status/
2012196980747878717
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:24 AM (3uBP9)
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I'm not sure that's supposed to be a dis

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

83 I have encountered Mordac's personality among IT security personnel I've worked with in the past.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 11:30 AM (ESVrU)

84 Also, in his prime, Bobby Riggs played at Wimbledon.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (ZJfQw)

85 Oh, He's criticizing JJ's ART? Well, that is a slightly different colored horse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)


Yeah, I can't get upset about that.

Though it's pretty lame-ass snark cuz it's not like JJ's claiming to be some great artist.

He's just trying to get a laugh or a reaction, and Big Brain Iowahawk fell into JJ's trap and gave him a (lame-ass) reaction.

Meh.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (iJfKG)

86 Not a biggie, but I never bought Adams' "Master of Persuasion and Hypnosis" bit. The very best persuaders (corporate marketers) don't tell you how adept they are at doing their thing. They just do their thing to you.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (N8ZBc)

87 Oh, He's criticizing JJ's ART? Well, that is a slightly different colored horse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

I love JJ's awful images! They make me laugh.

The morning report wouldn't be the same without them.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (JCLJi)

88 Forget cars. You'd think that, of all things, Information Technology would be more or less fully automated by now.

I'll bet you knew this already, but GM 'forgot cars' in the early 70's, and had already done their best to screw up automated I.T. well before they ever ventured into EV's.

They used to be really big. And could do a lot more damage.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (zdLoL)

89 Iowahawk has some strong opinions on style. It would be hard to forget his hatred for granite countertops.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (2ap+5)

90 Conservatives are celebrating spending untold millions in legislation and legal fees to keep less than a hundred kids out of sports.
++++
I love this take. I wonder if this person is hopelessly stupid enough to believe this, or if he's deliberately lying.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:32 AM (GyQIQ)

91 331 Willowed From X
" Kyle Bass Jan 15
Time for a math problem : In the 2024 presidential election, 2,308,256 people in Oregon voted, representing a turnout rate of 75.4% among the state's 3,060,374 registered voters. 800,000 registered voters were ‘improperly registered’ voters. That means a WHOPPING 34% of votes were fraudulent. Kamala won Oregon by 321,000 votes….

Donald Trump received 919,480 votes. Kamala Harris had 1,240,600. "
Posted by: whig

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:32 AM (WDjG6)

92 Don't you love working in a paperless office?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

That's a very funny thing to say.

Being an old codger (still working), you should see my desk. Papers piled everywhere.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:32 AM (vcOmj)

93 75 LOL

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 11:32 AM (N8ZBc)

94 ...The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that. conservatives think all trans women are fat hairy guys in dresses. They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (JCZqz)
++++
This person, right here, is the very definition of charm and grace.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:33 AM (GyQIQ)

95 Autonomous vehicles ought to be real easy to steal. Just trap them in traffic"

Easier to do what protesters already do: just have them come to the proverbial "dark ally" for a pick up.

Yeah, it's stupid. And requires a very high trust society. Good luck with that...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 11:33 AM (XuXeR)

96 "Every time there's a post about trans issues, the iMa vErY liBrAl bUUUUt people come out of the wood work. Your position fails at the most basic level: how are you going to enforce it??? The only foolproof way is genital inspections (which I bet has always been the real goal for conservatives)."

As if the physical required to participate in every high school sport didn't already include checking for hernias.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 11:33 AM (PMi3m)

97 The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that. conservatives think all trans women are fat hairy guys in dresses. They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (JCZqz)
___________

Huh? I'm not sure what point this retard is trying to make, but he's making our point. You can take one glance at these "women" (men) playing girl's sports and know "that's a man, baby!"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

98 Ah, Ignoramus with the details!

Didn't see his posts before posting mine!

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at January 16, 2026 11:34 AM (ZJfQw)

99 I love JJ's awful images! They make me laugh.

The morning report wouldn't be the same without them.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (JCLJi)

Kinda my point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

100 45 When I was studying martial arts as a teenager, my master's daughter Soo-mi was a year younger. She was practicing Tae Kwon Do from the time she could walk. She had much better technical skills than me. She was also tall and very athletic for a girl.

Had almost the exact same experience, only with friend in college. White girl. Tall, athletic black belt. Lot of leverage, and could strike. Thing is, I was 100 pounds heavier and much stronger, and we both knew she could not hurt me enough before I got my hands on her, and then it was lights out. She knew, but some people gotta find out for themselves, I guess.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 11:36 AM (MZ+PY)

101 Suffice to say that as good as she was, I could have literally killed her in the ring if I wanted to. She was very quick and landed some kicks to my face. They stung but didn't do any damage. By contrast, if I ever kicked her in the face with full power, she'd be KOed instantly. If not her neck broken. She could beat almost any female opponent, and she did. But she had 0% chance against a bigger, stronger man.

And yes: Soo-mi was a smokeshow. And yes, we dated for a while. "She was my first Asian."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

You should have kicked her in the face, pointed at her and shouted, So Soo Mi!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew
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[Golf clap]

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

102 I gotta say, I don't always get JJ's images. Especially, if I don't know who the people in them are.

And Ben R's never around to explain them to me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

103 Senator Paul introduces the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act

A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds to provide benefits to refugees,
asylees, and illegal immigrants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Welfare for Non-
citizens Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE BEN-
EFITS TO REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
shall be appropriated or otherwise made available to pro-
vide benefits under the temporary assistance for needy
families program established under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Med-
icaid program under title XIX of that Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.), or the supplemental nutrition assistance
program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2077 et seq.), or to provide any other Fed-
eral benefit (including cash and tax benefits), subsidy, or
service, to any refugee or asylee or any alien who is
present in the United States without legal status.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 11:36 AM (RHGPo)

104 >>> Don't you love working in a paperless office?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

That's a very funny thing to say.
Being an old codger (still working), you should see my desk. Papers piled everywhere.
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:32 AM (vcOmj)


The problem is in the transition. From paper age to digital age. Those libraries of reports from the 50s, 60s, 70s what about them? You thought sending them to some salt mine company was going to preserve them? Have you tried getting those reports back lately? They said they'd scan them. Have you tried looking at the scans? No body cares about your reports but you. No one is going to make sure the digital scans are even useful but you.

And I guess by "you" I really mean some poor damned engineer like me that has to make use of it all. I love digital. But companies f-up the transition.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:37 AM (3uBP9)

105 My wife and I went to the Grandview Theatre to see The Crying Game. We did not know anything about the film's enormous twist. At one point, the black lady was singing and I whispered to my wife, "She is a very pretty girl, but here hands are huge!" Then went back to watching.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:37 AM (2ap+5)

106 Iowahawk has some strong opinions on style. It would be hard to forget his hatred for granite countertops.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (2ap+5)

Well, granite countertops are kind of dumb. You drop a piece of glassware on it, the glass will break.

Zinc FTW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

107 The problem is in the transition. From paper age to digital age. Those libraries of reports from the 50s, 60s, 70s what about them? You thought sending them to some salt mine company was going to preserve them? Have you tried getting those reports back lately? They said they'd scan them. Have you tried looking at the scans? No body cares about your reports but you. No one is going to make sure the digital scans are even useful but you.
Posted by: banana Dream

But what about the TPS Reports?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

108 99 I love JJ's awful images! They make me laugh.

The morning report wouldn't be the same without them.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (JCLJi)

Kinda my point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

look at the upside - David Burge reads Morning Report!

I think he just likes to make fun of stuff. Like Joe Bob Briggs likes to make fun of drive in movies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (uWKK8)

109 But her? Why did she?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

Why not?

Probably got paid? Maybe she doesn't think men should be in women's sports? In that case, win win. If she wins, she wins. If she loses, she wins.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (3AyDK)

110 The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that. conservatives think all trans women are fat hairy guys in dresses. They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison


Well, there you go. I always thought I could tell a man from a woman, but being a slack-jawed yokel, I guess I was wrong about that, too.
My wife and I were in a bookstore in suburban Detroit one time years ago, and this "Trans" woman came in, and the "girls" (I think they were) made a big fuss over "his" hair, etc. My wife and I just looked at each other, rolled our eyes, and got out of there.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (vcOmj)

111 "RIP Scott Adams. Now he knows what lies beyond the curtain, I hope he's having a good time up there in heaven with the other raconteurs.
Posted by: LizLem"


If he is greeted by Pointy Haired Boss instead of St. Peter he is in trouble.

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (GUOwU)

112 Tired of all this bullshit. We have an out and out retard on the SCOTUS bench in the person of KJB. Not just a liberal like Kagan, an outright low-iq retard. And people are getting saturated with low-iq feelz based propaganda on everything and break into furious tears if you even seek to introduce a competing fact or analytical framework.

I'd go somewhere else but there's nowhere else to go. People can't be reasoned with anymore. They are immune to reevaluating their position regardless of how much logic you use or how many facts you provide. I am sickened and dismayed at this state of affairs.

Posted by: Sliding toward despair at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (TbWk/)

113 Nick Kyrgios won the match even while taking time between sets to run his restaurant.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:39 AM (qwype)

114 As a programmer, my favorite Dilbert was the one where Management proposes rewarding programmers for finding and fixing bugs in their own code. I've had that same conversation with Management.

"I'm gonna write me a mini-van tonight!"

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 16, 2026 11:39 AM (arf0B)

115 The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that.

-
He, or probably she, maybe xi or even we, is talking about you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (L/fGl)

116 Is the name Johnny Cab trademarked?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (jc0TO)

117 Next time they do a Battle of the Sexes tennis match, they should make the dude tuck tightly to restrict his speed on the court.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (qwype)

118 "I'm gonna write me a mini-van tonight!"
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 16, 2026 11:39 AM (arf0B)
++++
You lack vision.

Go for the big 15-passenger van!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (GyQIQ)

119 74 Not to be a downer, but what makes me upset is even with a conservative leaning SC, our victories are incremental.
Posted by: Leupold
======
And that is the issue for conservatives versus the overall Right or even moderates. Conservatives seek to conserve what was or try to restore the past. The filibuster is an example as is this court case example you mentioned. The status quo was that states COULD ban trans males from female sports competitions. The left, had no f*cks to give as even getting to keep their blue states turning boys and girls into eunuchs is a win for their evil med programs and drug companies promoting this shit.

So even when the conservatives 'win', as you mention Leupold, the left still can do what it wants in blue states and bide their time to demand red states kneel in the future.

The same pattern keeps getting repeated.Tactical wins for the conservatives while losing strategically.

That is why Trump who is not a conservative and not bound by the old rules has been effective, even more so after the 'conservatives' tried to knife him in the back in his first term.

Trump does not always win but he at least fights.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (WDjG6)

120 71 Half of them are dumber than that. conservatives think all trans women are fat hairy guys in dresses. They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:27 AM (JCZqz)

Looks like the Reddit Troons are finally ready to kick the Repressors out of their community.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)

121 If he is greeted by Pointy Haired Boss instead of St. Peter he is in trouble.
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (GUOwU)

Phil, the Prince of Poor Light.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)

122 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE BEN-
EFITS TO REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.

Maybe I'm dumber than I thought but isn't this already the law?

Posted by: Maybe not. at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (TbWk/)

123 Looks like the Reddit Troons are finally ready to kick the Repressors out of their community.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)
++++
Isn't that their default mode?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (GyQIQ)

124 We’re waiting with the Democrats for another George Floyd moment! It’s our only shot at winning the midterms!!!

Posted by: Make Believe Media at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (YRHWl)

125 27 "Self-driving cars - if they can be safely and reliably made at all - are a serious long-haul investment. The problem is already 85% solved. That last 15%, though, is *heavy*

Your point is correct but I believe inaccurate ... Tesla FSD is well into the "March of nines", but the tail is very long / always one more weird edge case.

One of the best videos I have seen is a sequence of a dozen or so clips of cars slamming on the brakes and swerving to avoid being hit by another vehicle running a red light (the green light ahead is usually clearly visible). Every one of those instances potentially save a life, or several.

Being accident free, I am probably a pretty safe driver, but having 8 eyes that never blink distributed around my head is not something I'm ever going to achieve.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (FpP3s)

126 "...David Burge reads Morning Report!"

Makes me feel smarterer... err more intelligent.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (JCLJi)

127 Bobby Riggs was not a nameless loser. He had been a big deal at one time. He just threw the match to pay off his debts to the Mob.
Posted by: Bulg
______

The Pete Rose of tennis. Better sideburns, although Pete's weren't bad in the 70s.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 11:42 AM (XvL8K)

128 I'd go somewhere else but there's nowhere else to go. People can't be reasoned with anymore. They are immune to reevaluating their position regardless of how much logic you use or how many facts you provide. I am sickened and dismayed at this state of affairs.
Posted by: Sliding toward despair at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (TbWk/)

Look at the upside of having a retard on the Court trying to defend liberal dogma. The biggest problem for us with The Notorious (Justice) RBG was that she was an honestly sharp lawyer, and she could make very reasonable sounding constitutional arguments for far left dogma. Probably the last of the generation that produced the Warren Court.

Now, who do they left have to make their case? Some drooling imbecile who might as well have a bone through her nose and be chanting "oogah! oogah!" for all the sense she makes. This does NOT do the left any favors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (uWKK8)

129 >>> Iowahawk has some strong opinions on style. It would be hard to forget his hatred for granite countertops.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:31 AM (2ap+5)

Well, granite countertops are kind of dumb. You drop a piece of glassware on it, the glass will break.

Zinc FTW.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:37 AM (8zz6B)


I think the best solution is probably those swanky Japanese sake bars that serve sushi/sashimi atop nude gals. Looks nice, cleans up easily, you can swap in and out new settings, I think it works really well as a counter top.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3uBP9)

130 121 If he is greeted by Pointy Haired Boss instead of St. Peter he is in trouble.
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 11:38 AM (GUOwU)

Phil, the Prince of Poor Light.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)

Insufficient light. Dork in a devil suit wielding a large spoon. I loved that villain.

Posted by: I darn you to heck! at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

131 Maybe I'm dumber than I thought but isn't this already the law?

Laws? We don’t need no stinking laws!

Posted by: Democrats at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (YRHWl)

132 I don't think Iowahawk's comment was that negative. It's just a funny observation. He even posted a link to Cut.Jib.Newsletter in a followup post that said "It's like visiting the Louvre for the first time"

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (JCZqz)

133 Your point is correct but I believe inaccurate ... Tesla FSD is well into the "March of nines", but the tail is very long / always one more weird edge case.

One of the best videos I have seen is a sequence of a dozen or so clips of cars slamming on the brakes and swerving to avoid being hit by another vehicle running a red light (the green light ahead is usually clearly visible). Every one of those instances potentially save a life, or several.

Being accident free, I am probably a pretty safe driver, but having 8 eyes that never blink distributed around my head is not something I'm ever going to achieve.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (FpP3s)
++++
The tail is *insanely* long, and that's just technology. The legal tail might be even longer.

And no, you don't have eight unblinking eyes - but you also don't see things that aren't there, or fail to see things that are. You don't have to assess every single cubic milimeter of your field of view 100% of the time, because you have a brain.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (GyQIQ)

134 As a former project mgr, my favorite Dilbert was the one where they needed to come up with a plan for making the plan and then they needed to plan the plan's planny plan.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (qwype)

135 They think they know someone’s gender by looking at them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

It's amazing how much of leftardism is them making up a new chance whole cloth to feel smarter or better than someone else. 98%? 99?

"oh so you think you know someone's sex by *looking* at them??? Well once they spend 50 grand and mutilate themselves enough, and you're standing far away and their clothes are on, and they walk by you for 8 seconds, I guarantee you CAN'T."

Reminds me of the narcissists who feel superior to you because you trusted them.

It's like - "well that's me told. Lesson learned. You being a scumbag liar really makes you better than me."

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3AyDK)

136 I'd go somewhere else but there's nowhere else to go. People can't be reasoned with anymore. They are immune to reevaluating their position regardless of how much logic you use or how many facts you provide. I am sickened and dismayed at this state of affairs.
Posted by: Sliding toward despair

If you find yourself discouraged, just remember the world has always been a mess. The only peace you can find is via finding G_d and realizing this world is a fallen world. So find joy where you can, do what you can to fight the good fight against evil, and realize that despair is a sin. There is good, there are good people, and the fight will never be permanently lost or won.

There is no predetermined history or end result, it is always the people in an era making a choice to submit or not to evil.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:44 AM (WDjG6)

137 123 Isn't that their default mode?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (GyQIQ)

No. REpressors. Not Opressors.

Repressors are Troons who weren't able to start injecting themselves with Questionable Bathtub Hormones when they were teens, and didn't Troon out until their mid-30s or later.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:44 AM (uEmCf)

138 I am just guessing based on one comment that probably was made on Xitter - suppose you have a large family one member of which is an anchor baby. Maybe the whole family qualifies for a boatload of social programs because of the anchor baby. I think that was the claim.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)

139 The general public are a bunch of slackjawed hicks. Consider how stupid the average American is. Half of them are dumber than that.

We say the same thing here on a daily basis. The guy quoted on the masthead was famous for saying it and really meaning it. If Dems are saying it, they are suddenly good and scared.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 16, 2026 11:44 AM (zdLoL)

140 125 27 "Self-driving cars - if they can be safely and reliably made at all - are a serious long-haul investment. The problem is already 85% solved. That last 15%, though, is *heavy*.

I have 85% solved the problem of Self-Levitation. All but the part about getting my feet off the ground without any other support.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (uWKK8)

141 No. REpressors. Not Opressors.

Repressors are Troons who weren't able to start injecting themselves with Questionable Bathtub Hormones when they were teens, and didn't Troon out until their mid-30s or later.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:44 AM (uEmCf)
++++
Are they going "No True Scotsman?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (GyQIQ)

142 127 Bobby Riggs was not a nameless loser. He had been a big deal at one time. He just threw the match to pay off his debts to the Mob.
Posted by: Bulg
______

The Pete Rose of tennis. Better sideburns, although Pete's weren't bad in the 70s.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 11:42 AM (XvL8K)

I was actually disappointed to find out Henry Hill wasn't involved.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (qwype)

143 Collision between autonomous vehicles

*AI generated voices*

"Asshole!"
"Jerkoff!"
"What the F- did you think you were doing?"

*gunfire*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

This robot died because we're too lazy to get our own food.

https://is.gd/I0R8b2

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (L/fGl)

144 GM seems to be following the hollywood model: copy other ideas in hopes that they will be successful.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (0U5gm)

145 I think the best solution is probably those swanky Japanese sake bars that serve sushi/sashimi atop nude gals. Looks nice, cleans up easily, you can swap in and out new settings, I think it works really well as a counter top.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3uBP9)

But your beer glass topples over if she sneezes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (8zz6B)

146 Adams mXe a direct appeal to Trump to intervene with his HMO in his request to pay for an experimental chemo regime. Trump refused
HMOs were along with Big Pharma to Trump's campaign costs.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (GFk41)

147 135 "oh so you think you know someone's sex by *looking* at them??? Well once they spend 50 grand and mutilate themselves enough, and you're standing far away and their clothes are on, and they walk by you for 8 seconds, I guarantee you CAN'T."

Reminds me of the narcissists who feel superior to you because you trusted them.

It's like - "well that's me told. Lesson learned. You being a scumbag liar really makes you better than me."
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3AyDK)

Shit, if a man still has a full head of hair (and no beard) in his mid-60s, he's going to start looking like a butch lesbian of the same age, unless he's like 6'4"

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

148 Not even the first time this has happened in tennis.

Back in the day when the Williams sisters were the best female players in the world by a long shot, Karsten Braasch, then ranked ~200, crushed them 6-1 and 6-2, after playing a round of golf, having a couple beers, and smoking cigarettes in the middle of the match.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (setIA)

149 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (jc0TO)

150 47 Raise your hand if, sometime in your life you have heard 'Well Billy Jean King beat nameless loser...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)


When he was 55 freaking years old and she was in her prime playing age.

And she still barely won.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 11:47 AM (kgFPv)

151 Now, who do they left have to make their case? Some drooling imbecile who might as well have a bone through her nose and be chanting "oogah! oogah!" for all the sense she makes. This does NOT do the left any favors.
Posted by: Tom Servo
=======
The left command of academia means its graduates for the last thirty years or so are unarmed in a battle of wits. Those critters got to that high post by compliance with the smart lefties, not by challenging them.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:47 AM (WDjG6)

152 If you find yourself discouraged, just remember the world has always been a mess. The only peace you can find is via finding G_d and realizing this world is a fallen world. So find joy where you can, do what you can to fight the good fight against evil, and realize that despair is a sin. There is good, there are good people, and the fight will never be permanently lost or won.
Posted by: whig

You offer very good spiritual observations, Whig, as you don in every other area. I hope you don't mind my asking, what is your religious background?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)

153 I don't think like normal people. When the transgender crap in sports because a thing I thought the IOC, NCAA etc should just change mens and womens divisions to XX and XY divisions. Sidestep the whole hurting the feelz of the trannies, while keeping the playing field level.

And yes, even if (please god) the conservatives win this SCOTUS case it only allows sane states to ban trannies, it still allows blue hellholes to say mentally ill males can compete against and shower with the females.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (hhkIi)

154 I think the best solution is probably those swanky Japanese sake bars that serve sushi/sashimi atop nude gals. Looks nice, cleans up easily, you can swap in and out new settings, I think it works really well as a counter top.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3uBP9)

But your beer glass topples over if she sneezes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (8zz6B)
____

Be careful. Know the difference between "nyotaimori" and "nantaimori." Those two letters make a big difference, bruh.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

155 > look at the upside - David Burge reads Morning Report!
----------
J.J.'s editorializing and the graphic he creates are sort of tied together. It's a perfect fit with the low tech layout of the site.

Whether Burge reads it or not....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (U2OZr)

156 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Probably accurate. I don't want a driverless car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (PFs9e)

157
When he was 55 freaking years old and she was in her prime playing age.

And she still barely won.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 11:47 AM (kgFPv)

BLK was strong. She was invincible. She was woman.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (qwype)

158 134 As a former project mgr, my favorite Dilbert was the one where they needed to come up with a plan for making the plan and then they needed to plan the plan's planny plan.
Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (qwype)

Then there was the offshoring to Elbonia

Posted by: GDP of $20USD! at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (TbWk/)

159 141 Are they going "No True Scotsman?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (GyQIQ)

The young ones who are trying to be e-whores? Yeah.

Even the middle-aged political grifters like John Walker "Brianna Wu" Flynt are doing it.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)

160
Isn't Dave Burge a fellow moron?

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (vnmN0)

161 if a man still has a full head of hair (and no beard) in his mid-60s, he's going to start looking like a butch lesbian of the same age, unless he's like 6'4"
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

=====

e.g., Crystal Palace FC coach Oliver Glasner

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (2ap+5)

162 Riggs would've won if the court was carpeted.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (qwype)

163 Shut up, dunce.
Posted by: toby928(c)

You're going to have to be more specific.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

164 The Dilbert that I had on my wall involved the curly haired woman getting her performance review, and her rating was 'meets expectations'.

She pointed out that she dedicated long hours to the client, went over and above every request, and had even donated blood to the client when he was in hospital.

Boss replied that the blood donation time was listed under 'attendance issues'.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (0U5gm)

165 132 I don't think Iowahawk's comment was that negative. It's just a funny observation. He even posted a link to Cut.Jib.Newsletter in a followup post that said "It's like visiting the Louvre for the first time"
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (JCZqz)

Ever think about how much of adult interaction (even before twitter and the internet) boiled down to 'I heard Bobby call Betty a slut! He said she blew him behind the Tasty Freeze last Saturday!'

It's all inuendo and people trying to start shit. It's High School- just older.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

166 124 We’re waiting with the Democrats for another George Floyd moment! It’s our only shot at winning the midterms!!!
Posted by: Make Believe Media
=======
Yet, the leftist people of pallor and cis lesbo don't seem to be motivating their POC comrade brigades much.

Sad.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (WDjG6)

167 153 I don't think like normal people. When the transgender crap in sports because a thing I thought the IOC, NCAA etc should just change mens and womens divisions to XX and XY divisions. Sidestep the whole hurting the feelz of the trannies, while keeping the playing field level.

And yes, even if (please god) the conservatives win this SCOTUS case it only allows sane states to ban trannies, it still allows blue hellholes to say mentally ill males can compete against and shower with the females.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (hhkIi)

I guess the problem is, how do you keep Biological Men from having access to privately-funded Scholarships for women's athletics?

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (uEmCf)

168 Whig is an austere religious scholar

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (3AyDK)

169
Then there was the offshoring to Elbonia
Posted by: GDP of $20USD! at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (TbWk/)

Trump says they have the best mud. Big, beautiful, gorgeous mud.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (qwype)

170 When he was 55 freaking years old and she was in her prime playing age.

We halped!

- puppies tied to his ankles.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)

171 165 Ever think about how much of adult interaction (even before twitter and the internet) boiled down to 'I heard Bobby call Betty a slut! He said she blew him behind the Tasty Freeze last Saturday!'

It's all inuendo and people trying to start shit. It's High School- just older.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

The biggest lie my father ever told me is that once you get out of high school, everyone will act like a serious, regimented adult with no time for stupid high school drama.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (uEmCf)

172 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (gBfG5)

173 I’ve been a tennis fan for awhile and anyone who knows anything about tennis would know without a doubt that Nick Krgios would beat Arnya Sabalenka…. Krygios was an all-timer talent wise who squandered his talent with bad attitude and work ethic… but he once beat Nadal at Wimbledon and gave Federer a run for his money several times…. What would be more interesting to me is to see a competent male college tennis player goes against Serena Williams in her prime. She was the female GOAT but I suspect she’d still lose to Joe College from State U

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (YobFY)

174 >>> Be careful. Know the difference between "nyotaimori" and "nantaimori." Those two letters make a big difference, bruh.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

If one of those is sushi served on a naked guy I think that's a terrible idea. Who would even want that? I think I would make a good donut serving tray though, very classy.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (3uBP9)

175 You're going to have to be more specific.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

I almost posted this word for word then nixed it, then it popped up

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (3AyDK)

176 If you assume you have an galactic monetary unit .. a Quatloo.

Make the national reserve the total possible taxing authority of a nation (this includes what currently isn't taxed) and/or a gold reserve, if you have it ... and convert it to Quatloos.

Now, simply divide the national reserve in Quatloos by the total number of dollars (printed or virtual) and you have the galactic value of a dollar.

From that simple calculation, you can easily see that printing or virtually creating more dollars devalues the value of the dollar.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 11:52 AM (RHGPo)

177 Isn't Dave Burge a fellow moron?
Posted by: Auspex
=======
He got TDS in Trump's first term, he may have gotten better but I really don't care. Like PJ O'Rourke, writers often lose the plot over time so savor their better moments and ignore their worst.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:52 AM (WDjG6)

178 I confess that I did not watch the final CWSA episodes. It was too wrenching. I despise my weakness in the face of Scott Adams' courage.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 16, 2026 11:52 AM (w6EFb)

179 Now, who do they left have to make their case? Some drooling imbecile who might as well have a bone through her nose and be chanting "oogah! oogah!" for all the sense she makes. This does NOT do the left any favors.
Posted by: Tom Servo
=======
The left command of academia means its graduates for the last thirty years or so are unarmed in a battle of wits. Those critters got to that high post by compliance with the smart lefties, not by challenging them.
Posted by: whig

I was listening to Jesse Waters on the raydio last night, and his comment was that DEI was meant to put less than competent but politically reliable people in positions of power that they did not earn. He specifically mentioned Kentanji Jackson, and that her intellectual prowess was not important, it was her reliable vote for Left Wing issues.
The end result is a society that will fall apart, losing trust between people and organizations and institutions. DEI is supposed to breakt things.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:53 AM (vcOmj)

180 Are they going "No True Scotsman?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (GyQIQ)


More like "No Troon Scotsman"

Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at January 16, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)

181 OT: I overcooked this bacon a bit. Still edible (crunch.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

182 Being accident free, I am probably a pretty safe driver, but having 8 eyes that never blink distributed around my head is not something I'm ever going to achieve.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (FpP3s)
++++
The tail is *insanely* long, and that's just technology. The legal tail might be even longer.

And no, you don't have eight unblinking eyes - but you also don't see things that aren't there, or fail to see things that are. You don't have to assess every single cubic milimeter of your field of view 100% of the time, because you have a brain.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


What's that car company that is doing the autonomous taxis? The one that blows by every stopped school bus with its lights flashing and stop sign out?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 11:54 AM (GK5Hx)

183 The biggest lie my father ever told me is that once you get out of high school, everyone will act like a serious, regimented adult with no time for stupid high school drama.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (uEmCf)

My dad told me everyone was an asshole and will continue to be for the rest of your life. Wise man

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:54 AM (3AyDK)

184 We’re waiting with the Democrats for another George Floyd moment! It’s our only shot at winning the midterms!!!
Posted by: Make Believe Media
=======
Yet, the leftist people of pallor and cis lesbo don't seem to be motivating their POC comrade brigades much.

Sad.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:50 AM (WDjG6)
_____

Just as The Blade predicted! The Blade knows things. Trust The Blade.

I wonder how much of this was ever true "motivation," as opposed to rent-boy astroturf. Back in the heady days of BLM and Saint George, the USAID trough was still open, and billions was flowing into these shady organizations. I always thought a very high percent of protestors/rioters were paid.

That money is mostly gone now, so there's no financial incentive for a lot of these scumbags to leave their mommy's basement. So they don't.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

185 The biggest lie my father ever told me is that once you get out of high school, everyone will act like a serious, regimented adult with no time for stupid high school drama.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (uEmCf)

High school? More like middle school.

"When you get out into the adult world..."

Posted by: ...it's all the same bullshit at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (TbWk/)

186 Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:43 AM (3uBP9)

This to me seems really bizarre Why would you want food served on top of a nude woman? And what does she tell her parents when they ask what she does?- Possibly not "Oh , I'm a nude dining table at a sushi/ sashimi restaurant "

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (PFs9e)

187 TMZ
@TMZ
😳 Online users have discovered that typing "Nazis. us" into a web browser instantly flips to the official homepage of the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security.

PoIiMath
@politicalmath
Online users also discovered that a Florida Democrat running for Congress bought this domain and made it redirect to DHS so that he could feed this story to journalists at TMZ who are too stupid to do a whois domain lookup (markdavisforcongress.com donate)

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (RHGPo)

188 Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (uEmCf)


Did your dad ever tell you anything true or useful?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

189 And yes, even if (please god) the conservatives win this SCOTUS case it only allows sane states to ban trannies, it still allows blue hellholes to say mentally ill males can compete against and shower with the females.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (hhkIi)

I guess the problem is, how do you keep Biological Men from having access to privately-funded Scholarships for women's athletics?
Posted by: XTC

The answer is not going to please trad cons--it is to do what Trump is trying to do via DOE, use Title IX to prevent those schools from getting federal money. For colleges, it means no student loans and grants--lefty schools would have to eat their endowment then to do it. For K12, you have reading programs, etc.

Ironically, the libs, outraged by the Grove City case, made schools receiving any federal funds rather than specific programs comply with federal restrictions.

Bypasses the 10th because states want the money so they have to comply. Reason why a few states were flirting with dropping federal funds entirely for k12 in places like TN under the Biden regime.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:56 AM (WDjG6)

190 As if the physical required to participate in every high school sport didn't already include checking for hernias.
Posted by: tankdemon

Someone mentioned that, and the person responded that they never really played sports and were unaware of the routine examinations. It's still wrong though!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 11:56 AM (JCZqz)

191 188 Did your dad ever tell you anything true or useful?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

"Nobody gives a shit about you and you're on your own in the world".

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

192 This to me seems really bizarre Why would you want food served on top of a nude woman? And what does she tell her parents when they ask what she does?- Possibly not "Oh , I'm a nude dining table at a sushi/ sashimi restaurant "
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (PFs9e)

"I'm a model."

Which is basically true.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:57 AM (8zz6B)

193 Online users have discovered that typing "Nazis. us" into a web browser instantly flips to the official homepage of the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security.
---------

Ok

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 11:57 AM (3AyDK)

194 A problem with autonomous vehicles is people won't like the fast lane changes, sharp turns, etc., that are "safe" I guess. Others won't like the car going to slow or not making a turn in front of someone when the drive knows he could have made it.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:58 AM (2ap+5)

195 189 The answer is not going to please trad cons--it is to do what Trump is trying to do via DOE, use Title IX to prevent those schools from getting federal money. For colleges, it means no student loans and grants--lefty schools would have to eat their endowment then to do it. For K12, you have reading programs, etc.

Ironically, the libs, outraged by the Grove City case, made schools receiving any federal funds rather than specific programs comply with federal restrictions.

Bypasses the 10th because states want the money so they have to comply. Reason why a few states were flirting with dropping federal funds entirely for k12 in places like TN under the Biden regime.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:56 AM (WDjG6)

That's for PUBLIC scholarships, though. Not PRIVATE ones.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)

196 "Nobody gives a shit about you and you're on your own in the world".
Posted by: XTC

Which is neither true, nor useful.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

197 I have 85% solved the problem of Self-Levitation. All but the part about getting my feet off the ground without any other support.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (uWKK
---
The secret is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 11:58 AM (ESVrU)

198 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

199 About as 'cool' as buying erectiledysfunction.me and having it redirect to the white house.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

200 Youtube, for some unknown reason, threw me a video from one of the X-Men movies. I know nothing about the X-Men universe, but anyway, it was a character called Kitty Pryde doing X-Men stuff. She was a very pretty, very cute girl, and I was curious who it was. Turns out to have been Ellen Page. How very sad some things in the world have become.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (MZ+PY)

201 I was listening to Jesse Waters on the raydio last night, and his comment was that DEI was meant to put less than competent but politically reliable people in positions of power that they did not earn. He specifically mentioned Kentanji Jackson, and that her intellectual prowess was not important, it was her reliable vote for Left Wing issues.
The end result is a society that will fall apart, losing trust between people and organizations and institutions. DEI is supposed to breakt things.
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 16, 2026 11:53 AM (vcOmj)

That kind of thing was clear when there was an attempt to overthrow Gorbachev at the end of the USSR. The plotters were all Politically Reliable, but not a single one of them could think his way out of a paper bag.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (uWKK8)

202 PoIiMath
@politicalmath
Online users also discovered that a Florida Democrat running for Congress bought this domain and made it redirect to DHS so that he could feed this story to journalists at TMZ who are too stupid to do a whois domain lookup (markdavisforcongress.com donate)
Posted by: SMOD


Someone should buy SnapBenefits.com and have it redirect to ICE HQ.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (GK5Hx)

203 When I was a high schooler, not so long ago, there was a big difference between the real world and high school/college. But most people understood that schools were fantasy worlds for children, because kids worked jobs in high school, so they'd already perceived the real world.

Now most kids stay in school as long as possible, and don't work til they leave, so you end up with a workforce of nearly geriatric 12-year-olds.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (BI5O2)

204 Did your dad ever tell you anything true or useful?
-

Told me life isn’t fair any time I said “but that’s not fair”.

I passed on this wisdom to my kids.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (kgFPv)

205 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM


Nicely cushioned.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (jc0TO)

206 I have 85% solved the problem of Self-Levitation. All but the part about getting my feet off the ground without any other support.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I have trouble even getting my butt off the couch.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

207 198 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

I love bougainvillea.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:00 PM (uWKK8)

208 Be careful. Know the difference between "nyotaimori" and "nantaimori." Those two letters make a big difference, bruh.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

If one of those is sushi served on a naked guy I think that's a terrible idea. Who would even want that? I think I would make a good donut serving tray though, very classy.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 11:51 AM (3uBP9)
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Yea. "Nyotaimori" is the one with the nekkid girl. The other is ... a dick in your face. Japanese are weirdos. I think it's more about power and subjugation than any real sexual thrill, or else there would be no male version.

I've seen the girl version several times. No matter how hot the girl was, the thing was just so bizarre all I could process was there was a girl covered in raw fish. Not sexy to me at all.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

209 194 A problem with autonomous vehicles is people won't like the fast lane changes, sharp turns, etc., that are "safe" I guess. Others won't like the car going to slow or not making a turn in front of someone when the drive knows he could have made it.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 11:58 AM (2ap+5)

Forgetting to use the blinker won't happen at least.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (qwype)

210 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Her fingernails look like claws. Yikes!

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

211 When I was a high schooler, not so long ago, there was a big difference between the real world and high school/college. But most people understood that schools were fantasy worlds for children

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM


That was the theme of my daughter's Valedictorian address. And then she went to the liberal cult that is college.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:02 PM (jc0TO)

212 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

Well, I don't have a self-driving car to give her, anyway...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 12:02 PM (8zz6B)

213 200 Youtube, for some unknown reason, threw me a video from one of the X-Men movies. I know nothing about the X-Men universe, but anyway, it was a character called Kitty Pryde doing X-Men stuff. She was a very pretty, very cute girl, and I was curious who it was. Turns out to have been Ellen Page. How very sad some things in the world have become.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (MZ+PY)

Days of Future Past. One of the best of the Singer character X-Men. But was also a crossover with the First Class continuity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:02 PM (bss/y)

214 Possibly not "Oh , I'm a nude dining table at a sushi/ sashimi restaurant "
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Chicks with "innie" navels have the advantage for sopping up spills.

Posted by: Aspiring Restauranteur at January 16, 2026 12:02 PM (oftw2)

215 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Her fingernails look like claws. Yikes!
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)
______

I've got a nice car. I'll drive her around. Then back to my place. TBWB.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

216 >>> This to me seems really bizarre Why would you want food served on top of a nude woman? And what does she tell her parents when they ask what she does?- Possibly not "Oh , I'm a nude dining table at a sushi/ sashimi restaurant "
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 11:55 AM (PFs9e)


It's Japanese, and no, I don't really understand it either. I have lots of hang ups when it comes to food prep and I have to consciously avoid thinking about people touching my food. I can't even handle sharing food with people generally except my own daughter which, I mean, at some point you've been sneezed on, thrown up on, spoon fed, and shared a plate so many times, any issue I had has been thoroughly broken by now.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (3uBP9)

217 I was listening to Jesse Waters on the raydio last night, and his comment was that DEI was meant to put less than competent but politically reliable people in positions of power that they did not earn. He specifically mentioned Kentanji Jackson, and that her intellectual prowess was not important, it was her reliable vote for Left Wing issues.
The end result is a society that will fall apart, losing trust between people and organizations and institutions. DEI is supposed to breakt things.
Posted by: A face in the crowd
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That only works when you have absolute command of the ballot box. Even in Detroit, after years of Democratic tomfoolery ended up with a white male mayor to clean up the mess.

From all accounts, he did a helluva lot of good things there and has just about ended getting rid of all the vacant decaying houses before his term ends.

Piven Cloward has disincentivized the poors from rioting/protesting by providing them comforts they don't want to risk losing.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (WDjG6)

218 Her fingernails look like claws. Yikes!
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM


If you don't end up bleeding, the sex wasn't that good.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (jc0TO)

219 Told me life isn’t fair any time I said “but that’s not fair”.

Which is almost always said by someone who welched on a promise or screwed you over in some way. Who is usually the same someone who inculcated principles of fairness into you from an early age, only for you to find out that what is "fair" depends entirely upon the relative position of authority of the person fucking you over.

Posted by: Another lie for the rubes at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

220 207 198 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

I love bougainvillea.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 12:00 PM (uWKK

Boobainvilleas are better.

Posted by: Firm and bouncy at January 16, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

221 Maybe Sabalenka is an advocate of keeping men out of women's sports and thought this would be good evidence?

Posted by: no one at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (qFwJc)

222 Maybe I'm dumber than I thought but isn't this already the law?
Posted by: Maybe not. at January 16, 2026 11:41 AM (TbWk/)


It doesn't appear to say that any state providing 'state' funding for illegals shall forfeit all federal funding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (ExV1e)

223 The absence of tattoos is refreshing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (jc0TO)

224 Someone should buy Baddies.com and have it redirect to DNC HQ.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

225 http://tiny.cc/iyqx001

Birthing hips

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (Kt19C)

226 "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"
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I'm not sure what DIE hire SCOTUS justice Brown said. I'm not sure DIE hire SCOTUS justice Brown know what she just said.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 16, 2026 12:06 PM (xvV+O)

227 Which is almost always said by someone who welched on a promise or screwed you over in some way. Who is usually the same someone who inculcated principles of fairness into you from an early age, only for you to find out that what is "fair" depends entirely upon the relative position of authority of the person fucking you over.
Posted by: Another lie for the rubes at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

You’re reading this too deeply.

Life will fuck you over. Point is just accept it and move on don’t ruminate on things you can’t change.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:06 PM (kgFPv)

228 Life will fuck you over. Point is just accept it and move on don’t ruminate on things you can’t change.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:06 PM


What of vengeance?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 12:07 PM (jc0TO)

229 224 Someone should buy Baddies.com and have it redirect to DNC HQ.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

I thought 'Baddies' were hot women (or ones with nice asses)?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

230 That's for PUBLIC scholarships, though. Not PRIVATE ones.
Posted by: XTC

Nope. Under the subsequent revision of civil rights laws under Ted Kennedy after the Grove City case, if a school accepts one buck of public money, then they are bound to follow ALL requirements. Including private scholarships if the college coordinates the offering to the student.

Right now, DoE is going after a lot of these private scholarships that discriminate in such a way as to violate Title IX. And private non profits are also filing suits and winning.

DEI, aka positive discrimination (what the Brits called it) is decomposing as we speak with desperate attempts to hide the puck and failing.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:08 PM (WDjG6)

231 From the Bee:

NATO Begs U.S. For Emergency Funding So They Can Defend Greenland From U.S.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 12:08 PM (GK5Hx)

232 Regarding the Supreme Court "men in women's sports" case, one thing that does not show up is any concern whatsoever about horny misfits flogging their junk around the locker rooms in front of scantily or unclad nubile women.

Yeah, I know that that's not what the case is about, but doesn't anyone think that that might be influential on the decision?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 16, 2026 12:09 PM (bufu1)

233 Once again I want to thank the useless Republicans that voted to confirm KJB to the court.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 16, 2026 12:09 PM (9jnD4)

234 my design firm used to supply custom testing equipment for a tier 2 automotive supplier. Their "Director of Technology" was the person I mostly dealt with. We all called him the Protector of Technology" as he knew next to nothing about technology, particularly his companies bought fought aggressively for control. He was a British Twit that on several occasions I came close to asking him ut to the parking lot for a discussion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 16, 2026 12:09 PM (xvV+O)

235 229 I thought 'Baddies' were hot women (or ones with nice asses)?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

Baddies was a pretty damned good high-energy British rock band in the 2010s, but they only released two albums before they broke up.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (iXqHn)

236 Did your dad ever tell you anything true or useful?

He told me where he kept the rubbers

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (P4Pk9)

237 I thought 'Baddies' were hot women (or ones with nice asses)?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Is it us? Are we the baddies?
-- German soldier in that one bit

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

238 You’re reading this too deeply.

Life will fuck you over. Point is just accept it and move on don’t ruminate on things you can’t change.
Posted by: Really??
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There is a reason that the Good Book preaches forgiveness even when the target does not deserve it. It prevents someone on the receiving end of injustice from being in a destructive loop of their own creation of anger, depression, and feeling of betrayal.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (WDjG6)

239 Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney were the three Republican senators who voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

The confirmation vote took place on April 7, 2022, resulting in a 53–47 outcome. All 50 Democratic and Independent senators voted in favor, joined by these three Republicans. Collins, Murkowski, and Romney also supported Jackson during earlier Senate votes on her judicial nominations, including her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit Court. Their bipartisan support was widely noted, with President Joe Biden publicly thanking them for their votes. You may now continue.

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (jc0TO)

240 I ran across an interesting theory about Karen Deathwheels - that she had her lesbowife had no fear of ICE because they had been taught in their "activist training camp" that ICE doesn't carry live ammo and that they can't arrest you.

Why would they be told that? Well...easier to get martyrs if they don't know they might die isn't it?

Posted by: Megadeath at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

241 I've seen the girl version several times. No matter how hot the girl was, the thing was just so bizarre all I could process was there was a girl covered in raw fish. Not sexy to me at all.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)


Leave the girl. Take the fish.

Posted by: If Peter Clemenza was a penguin at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM (ZB0nS)

242 What of vengeance?
Posted by: toby928(c)
=====
Hamlet is a good example where that might lead.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM (WDjG6)

243 >>> I thought 'Baddies' were hot women (or ones with nice asses)?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)


There was the british sketch comedy show where the two nazis were asking each other if they might be the 'Baddies'

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM (3uBP9)

244 so X is outta whack

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)

245 There is a reason that the Good Book preaches forgiveness even when the target does not deserve it. It prevents someone on the receiving end of injustice from being in a destructive loop of their own creation of anger, depression, and feeling of betrayal.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:10 PM (WDjG6)

=====

Maybe reading the Count of Monte Cristo can help sate the appetite for revenge.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (2ap+5)

246 227 Which is almost always said by someone who welched on a promise or screwed you over in some way. Who is usually the same someone who inculcated principles of fairness into you from an early age, only for you to find out that what is "fair" depends entirely upon the relative position of authority of the person fucking you over.
Posted by: Another lie for the rubes at January 16, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

You’re reading this too deeply.

Life will fuck you over. Point is just accept it and move on don’t ruminate on things you can’t change.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 12:06 PM (kgFPv)

Just speaking from experience. Your construction is one of general principle, and it is true that life is indeed unfair. However, my closest experience with the phrase generally is as I described - as an excuse used by people treating you badly and dishonestly.

Posted by: Theory vs application at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)

247 Told me life isn’t fair any time I said “but that’s not fair”.
---
Fair is a festival on the edge of town with a Farris Wheel, cotton candy and carnival games.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (HXT0k)

248 245 Maybe reading the Count of Monte Cristo can help sate the appetite for revenge.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (2ap+5)

There was an anime version of that.

It was f***ing weird.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (iXqHn)

249 Come see me. I'll help you replenish.

Posted by: The Whack Store at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (2Ez/1)

250 What of vengeance?
Posted by: toby928(c)
=====
Hamlet is a good example where that might lead.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM



Word.

Posted by: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (jc0TO)

251 240 I ran across an interesting theory about Karen Deathwheels - that she had her lesbowife had no fear of ICE because they had been taught in their "activist training camp" that ICE doesn't carry live ammo and that they can't arrest you.

Why would they be told that? Well...easier to get martyrs if they don't know they might die isn't it?
Posted by: Megadeath
=======
Pretty much stupidity. It is also possible these nitwits 'learned' from social media. My guess is both spent their life online to keep the outrage juices flowing.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (WDjG6)

252 Posted by: Megadeath at January 16, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

And the martyrs are stupid enough to believe this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (ix8EF)

253 I've seen the girl version several times. No matter how hot the girl was, the thing was just so bizarre all I could process was there was a girl covered in raw fish. Not sexy to me at all.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 16, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)
===

God: "NOOOOOO!! now all the fish will smell that way.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (xvV+O)

254 244 so X is outta whack
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)

Y?

Posted by: We need answers! at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (TbWk/)

255 I think the female sushi plate is supposed to be a titillating thing (heh) but also be a severe power disparity dynamic thing. You are treating her like she is a plate. It is like the various naked people as furniture stuff you see. BDSM, not my thing.

Honestly, I never could get into the food/sex thing, but that is a separate thing all together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

256 This busty bikini brunette doesn't have a penis and doesn't want a self-driving car:
http://tiny.cc/iyqx001

She already has her own air bags

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (dtajH)

257 Here's a scientific fact:
the correlation between government grants and scientific consensus is 100%.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (HXT0k)

258 There was an anime version of that.

It was f***ing weird.
Posted by: XTC
======
Anime works best in its native culture. Imagine a furry version of Dixieland trad jazz. Repellent it would be.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (WDjG6)

259 X went down exactly for the duration of Reza Pahlavi's urgent news conference on Iran. What a concidence!

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (g47mK)

260 And the GM in that picture is the newest fad of butt fugly gray. I'm seeing it everywhere. At least it's not white. But it is fugly and it makes me want to pitchfork the cabal pushing this on consumers. It should be the cause of an anti-trust suit against the Big However-many.

Posted by: GWB at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (pVn4H)

261 Maybe reading the Count of Monte Cristo can help sate the appetite for revenge.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 12:12 PM (2ap+5)

One of the only things not good in the movie with James Caviezel: he gets his vengeance and... it has no real down side. Everything is just jake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y)

262 There was an anime version of that.

It was f***ing weird.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:13 PM (iXqHn)

=====

I'm far too old to know anything about anime, but when Edmund turns his back on Mercedes and leaves her to her fate ... that was cold.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (2ap+5)

263 Hunter Biden has defaulted on his child support again. A motion has been filed to send him to jail until he pays up. Despite calling a few times, he has now stopped all communications with his daughter. Some people are just not worth the air they breathe.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (OoFl2)

264 The left: Of course scientists paid by oil companies are going to say global warming isn't real. Follow the money

Also the left: Why would you claim that getting government grants for global warming would make a scientist falsely claim something?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

265 I ran across an interesting theory about Karen Deathwheels - that she had her lesbowife had no fear of ICE because they had been taught in their "activist training camp" that ICE doesn't carry live ammo and that they can't arrest you.

Why would they be told that? Well...easier to get martyrs if they don't know they might die isn't it?
Posted by: Megadeath

Same reason why muslim terrorists strap bomb vests to six-year-old kids with Downs syndrome.

Posted by: And they're probably smarter than MN woke lesbians at January 16, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)

266 Oh, and Trump is not conservative. Not as we have used that phrase for the last 40 years. He IS however, very pro-American and that puts him head and shoulders above every Democrat and a great many current Republicans.

Posted by: GWB at January 16, 2026 12:17 PM (pVn4H)

267 263 Hunter Biden has defaulted on his child support again. A motion has been filed to send him to jail until he pays up. Despite calling a few times, he has now stopped all communications with his daughter. Some people are just not worth the air they breathe.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (OoFl2)
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Weird that he somehow ran out of money to pay child support after his withered husk of a father left the White House and there's no more influence to peddle.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 12:17 PM (5aZAZ)

268 Mommy, will we go visit daddy in jail on Father's Day?

Posted by: Navy Joan at January 16, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

269 I once at a trail of Life Saver Gummies off of a stripper at my friends bachelor party. Prolly better than eating the raw fish off a classy "model" at a swanky restaurant...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 16, 2026 12:18 PM (Bo9Yf)

270 Weird that he somehow ran out of money to pay child support after his withered husk of a father left the White House and there's no more influence to peddle.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 12:17 PM (5aZAZ)

Yeah, it is odd. He was a power broker star there. Makin deals. Bangin Hoes. It all stopped. Weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

271 Honestly, I never could get into the food/sex thing, but that is a separate thing all together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

No bedroom fun with whipped cream?

Posted by: Flavored lube? at January 16, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

272 Maybe reading the Count of Monte Cristo can help sate the appetite for revenge.
Posted by: Oglebay


Still working on it. One, not worth the 1000-page as it's a serialized work that was padded for publication in a magazine. I skip a lot of the dialog because of the florid prose. Two, It's not a clear cut revenge tale; one of his targets turns out to be so pathetic he forgives him and moves on.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (mlg/3)

273 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

May I just say that whatever "finish" coat is being used on new cars these days is vomit-inducing?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (SRRAx)

274 257 Here's a scientific fact:
the correlation between government grants and scientific consensus is 100%.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Broader, he who pays dictates what the scientist will find. Expert witness testimony should clearly demonstrate that. Scientists, at the end of the day, work for the paycheck like the rest of us do unless they are independently wealthy.

So the siren call of money is always something that affects people wanting to keep their jobs.

Consensus in the scientific community is always overrated and part of what Kuhn calls normal science. Overton Windows gets at the same phenomenon. Those vested in normal science without a doubt then try to quash deviationist scientists that might disrupt existing scientific norms and theories. Often by calling those scientists rude names, attempt to censor them, etc.

Covid was a perfect example.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (WDjG6)

275 We're sitting right here.

Posted by: Chocolate and caramel syrup at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

276 No bedroom fun with whipped cream?
Posted by: Flavored lube? at January 16, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

Nah, I'm OCD. I am not a fan at all of sticky. No maple or chocolate syrup. I'd have to wash the sheets about a million times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

277 Food is good. Sex is good.

But they aren't good together.

However a nice steak afterwards? Chef's kiss...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

278 Here's a scientific fact:
the correlation between government grants and scientific consensus is 100%.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (HXT0k)

I got so downvoted on Cracked.com (back when it was kind of reddit lite) for saying that climate science follows the money that I had never seen anything so downvoted on there. Not one thing. It was like -200. It really torched their silly bones.

And the funny thing was I wasn't even trying to be controversial.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (3AyDK)

279 You can try to get some fairness in interpersonal affairs. Do good business, have an equitable marriage, etc.

But that's it.

Sometimes, your wife will be killed in a car accident. Sometimes a kid gets leukemia. Life just isn't fair. That's it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)

280 May I just say that whatever "finish" coat is being used on new cars these days is vomit-inducing?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 12:20 PM (SRRAx)

What do you mean? Gloss or matte?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

281 The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals previously found that Congress has forbidden district court judges like Young from issuing orders that impact deportation proceedings.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (RHGPo)

282 Honestly, I never could get into the food/sex thing, but that is a separate thing all together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 16, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

No bedroom fun with whipped cream?
Posted by: Flavored lube? at January 16, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

***

I've got one word for ya...

"Pop Rocks"

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (Bo9Yf)

283 I hope that Navy Joan has some considerate, caring father figures in her life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 12:22 PM (ix8EF)

284 FYI X is down.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (bNf8H)

285 My father who was an actual caring parent but not without flaws, died when I was 15 and left me alone with my self-absorbed psychotic malicious bpd narcissist mother. And that's her on a good day. No, life isn't "fair". Who gives a shit. We all have our cross to bear.

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (3AyDK)

286 Can you put maple syrup on French maids?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)

287 >>> FYI X is down.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (bNf8H)


It's had issues all morning.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (3uBP9)

288 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Maraschino cherries at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)

289 279 But that's it.

Sometimes, your wife will be killed in a car accident. Sometimes a kid gets leukemia. Life just isn't fair. That's it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)

I think they were talking less about nature's capriciousness, and more about "Well, you still need to follow all the rules while everybody you're competing against is cheating like a mother f***er".

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (iXqHn)

290 One of the only things not good in the movie with James Caviezel: he gets his vengeance and... it has no real down side. Everything is just jake.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Book is about the same but because we are meant to identify with the hero, it has a relatively happy ending with the hero triumphing over a sordid collection of gits that benefitted from him going to prison. The movie added the hero reconciling with Mercedes and IIRC the stupid idea of the child of his mortal enemy being his.

In the book, the Count has another female slave of the Turks he rescued and reciprocates her love when the task is finished. The child of Mercedes and the faithless soldier went to join the army after disowning his inheritance and Mercedes went to a convent IIRC. Been awhile since I read the book or watched the movie.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (WDjG6)

291 285 My father who was an actual caring parent but not without flaws, died when I was 15 and left me alone with my self-absorbed psychotic malicious bpd narcissist mother. And that's her on a good day. No, life isn't "fair". Who gives a shit. We all have our cross to bear.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (3AyDK)

That is extremely shitty and I'm sorry that happened to you.

Posted by: For real. That leaves big scars. at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)

292 286 Can you put maple syrup on French maids?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)

Wouldn't it stick to their arm pit hairs ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (VE6XX)

293
Hunter Biden has defaulted on his child support again. A motion has been filed to send him to jail until he pays up. Despite calling a few times, he has now stopped all communications with his daughter. Some people are just not worth the air they breathe.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 12:15 PM (OoFl2)



Maybe his baby mama will take a painting in trade...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 12:25 PM (y9nCu)

294 Posted by: For real. That leaves big scars. at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)

Appreciate that more than you know

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 12:26 PM (3AyDK)

295
Once again I want to thank the useless Republicans that voted to confirm KJB to the court.
Posted by: Darth Randall

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Even those "Black girl magic!" worshippers at the Strict Scrutiny podcast haven't uttered a word about that hearing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 12:26 PM (x4Mz/)

296 I think they were talking less about nature's capriciousness, and more about "Well, you still need to follow all the rules while everybody you're competing against is cheating like a mother f***er".
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM (iXqHn)

This is much closer to the mark.

Posted by: Focus people! at January 16, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)

297 I think they were talking less about nature's capriciousness, and more about "Well, you still need to follow all the rules while everybody you're competing against is cheating like a mother f***er".
Posted by: XTC
========
Book of Job in the Bible is a superb example of what Judaism calls wisdom literature (also see Proverbs and Ecclesiastes). Lot of philosophical reasoning in Job about the nature of good and evil and how it affects people. Uses dialogue between characters aka friends of Job and then the appearance of teh Almighty himself in dialogue with Job. Powerful stuff.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (WDjG6)

298 5 Gotta love Wally.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)


Every office has a Wally.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (2WIwB)

299 Mommy, will we go visit daddy in jail on Father's Day?
Posted by: Navy Joan at January 16, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)
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You should, if only to point and laugh at him, Nelson Muntz-style: "HAH-ha!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (ESVrU)

300
Maybe his baby mama will take a painting in trade...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2026 12:25 PM (y9nCu)

He was supposed to give her some but didn't even do that.... real piece of work

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)

301 nood


lum

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 12:27 PM (3uBP9)

302 > Weird that he somehow ran out of money to pay child support after his withered husk of a father left the White House and there's no more influence to peddle.

I like the idea of Hunter being broke too. But you've got to remember, this is a Biden we're talking about. He's a drug addicted, deadbeat liar. Just because he says he's broke doesn't mean he's broke.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2026 12:28 PM (Yp6az)

303 Judge used extraordinarily stark language during the hearing, describing Trump as an “authoritarian” while insisting that he was choosing the term carefully, rather than simply using a “pejorative.” The judge also compared the Trump administration’s broader mass-deportation campaign to historic efforts to return formerly enslaved people to their owners under the Fugitive Slave Act, noting an infamous episode in Boston history when a U.S. marshal was killed near Young’s courthouse as he guarded a man named Anthony Burns who escaped slavery in Virginia.

DOJ lawyer comes back saying that there is a previous Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Congress has forbidden district court judges from issuing orders that impact deportation proceedings. It seems it is in the statue.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (RHGPo)

304 269 I once at a trail of Life Saver Gummies off of a stripper at my friends bachelor party. Prolly better than eating the raw fish off a classy "model" at a swanky restaurant...
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 16, 2026 12:18 PM (Bo9Yf)
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Never got into using food in the bedroom. The mess that results is just not worth whatever I or my partner got out of it.

Did a lot of body shots out of the bellybuttons of coeds in college though. That was fun. Good times, good times.

Posted by: ballistic at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (5aZAZ)

305 "I got so downvoted on Cracked.com (back when it was kind of reddit lite) for saying that climate science follows the money that I had never seen anything so downvoted on there. Not one thing. It was like -200. It really torched their silly bones.

Posted by: ..."


The climate cult like to scream about how the oil companies are funding the anti- global warming hysteria. They may have funded a few studies but whatever it is it is outspent by at least 1000 to 1 by big govt. Probably more like 10,000 to 1

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (GUOwU)

306 And the funny thing was I wasn't even trying to be controversial.
Posted by: ...
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Becuz they f*cking love Science sexually until it tells them something they don't want to hear like XX and XY are not fixable traits in humans. Buggery is a good way to get diseases and various other 'unfair' observances like men like to look at pretty women.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 12:30 PM (WDjG6)

307 You also learn things from your parents that they might not have intended. My father was a horndog. My husband used to laugh that I could spot one from across the room. It was like a smell. No way I could ever shake hands let alone a social hug.

Posted by: Wenda at January 16, 2026 12:31 PM (LXRyJ)

308 About that tennis thing. Every single Div 1 college tennis player would destroy the best female player in the world. Most Div 2 college players would beat her as well. I speak from experience. When I was a freshman in college I participated in a promotional event for a new indoor tennis club in the area. I was asked to play an exhibition against Hana Mandlíková. Just one set. I could have "bageled" (6-0) her but tanked a game when I was up 5-0. Her publicist was pissed at me. Hana was great. She was #3 in the World at the time.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (dIske)

309 I like the idea of Hunter being broke too. But you've got to remember, this is a Biden we're talking about. He's a drug addicted, deadbeat liar. Just because he says he's broke doesn't mean he's broke.

Him being a drug addicted deadbeat is what makes him being broke seem likely though. That plus the news reports that the Bidens as a family are broke and nobody's donating.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)

310 I think they were talking less about nature's capriciousness, and more about "Well, you still need to follow all the rules while everybody you're competing against is cheating like a mother f***er".
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 12:24 PM


It's better to be at the front of a group of disgraceful runners than at the back saying 'how disgraceful'.

Posted by: Sebastian Coe at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (jc0TO)

311 General Motors’ heir-apparent to the CEO office was hired just eight months ago from an autonomous vehicle start-up company that has lost billions of dollars and has less than 10 vehicles on the road.

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If the video I saw a month ago is correct GM will be out of business in a couple years. GM basically gave the Chinese rights to the GM name in foreign markets and farmed out powertrain engineering to them.


Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 16, 2026 12:34 PM (lWFU0)

312
DOJ lawyer comes back saying that there is a previous Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Congress has forbidden district court judges from issuing orders that impact deportation proceedings. It seems it is in the statue.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 12:29 PM (RHGPo)

----

Did the DOJ lawyer shoot the judge a bird and walked out saying, "take that bitch!"

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 16, 2026 12:37 PM (lWFU0)

313 I had initial doubts about Mr. Trump, as I’m not a consumer of popular media. I knew vaguely who he was. I figured he was some eleventy dimensional chess to help ensure Mrs. Clinton got her sorry, corrupt Very Large Array installed.

But I decided to give it some time. “Let’s see who starts screeching after a couple weeks” and I was not disappointed. All the right people were freaking out.

The”experts” assured us ANY Republican could beat Felonia Von Pantsuit, with the exception of Mr. Trump.

This was twaddle from the get go. It was clearly obvious ONLY Mr. Trump could prevail against TFW. Thank God.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (K0w3s)

314 The”experts” assured us ANY Republican could beat Felonia Von Pantsuit, with the exception of Mr. Trump.

This was twaddle from the get go. It was clearly obvious ONLY Mr. Trump could prevail against TFW. Thank God.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 12:38 PM (K0w3s)
___________________________

I'm still convinced that during the primaries of that year, it was the Democrats and Fusion GPS type set-ups that sank Cruz's candidacy with all that nonsense about his infidelity. It was just too well orchestrated before the right primaries, and I didn't see the Trump team taking that route. You're right, they wanted Trump to win for a walk-over.

Posted by: Orson at January 16, 2026 12:42 PM (dIske)

315 the overall point of your 'battle of the sexes" tennis note is correct but nick krygios [sp?] was not that long ago a top-20-type men's player----he does not play on tour as much now due to [burnout? injury?]. so even though this is one more instance where a male's greater size/strength/speed is too much for a woman competitor it's not quite accurate to think of nick k as a bottom of the barrel men's player

Posted by: jack simms at January 16, 2026 12:51 PM (sSTp2)

316 Dilbert was the best!! Especially as I am an engineer... The Far Side was close, but not the best.

RIP Scott

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 16, 2026 01:25 PM (mNOhh)

317 In athletics, there are women's world records that have stood for 40 years that are routinely broken by high-school boys. This isn't complicated.

Posted by: dagnabbit at January 16, 2026 01:31 PM (iDw6p)

318 have worked at several companies where some systems where so secure that no-one could use them ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at January 16, 2026 04:02 PM (YFjCg)

319 "There was wide agreement on the bench that, at least in the cases before them, the scientific consensus on to what extent transgender girls and women have a competitive advantage is not clear.”

that could easily mean that some justices think men have a 4x times advantage and other judges think a 2x advantage ...
so there is wide agreement that the extent of the advantage is unclear ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at January 16, 2026 04:05 PM (YFjCg)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Willink Self Portrait1.jpg

Zelfportret met schede
Carel Willink

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 Alas, poor Yorick! I'm not first.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (p9rFX)

2 Title checks out, I guess.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

3 Or am I?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (p9rFX)

4 Christopher Walken is in the house.

Posted by: huerfano at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

5
"Zelfportret met hond" would be better. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (tgvbd)

6 Carel Willink was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 Okaaaaay…

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

8 Or Peter Weller. I can't decide.

Posted by: huerfano at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (98kQX)

9 Nice self portrait except for the skull.

Posted by: Tuna at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

10 Skull and bones

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (Kt19C)

11 I bet he’s a hoot after three martinis.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (IhIKR)

12 Skull and bones
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM


Good heavens, a Yale man!

Posted by: Thurston Howell, III at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (kgE5c)

13 Don't worry, buddy. You won't look anything like that skull. Your forehead's twice the size.

Posted by: red speck at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (Ve/HL)

14 Self-Portrait with Skull," is a notable painting by Carel Willink, created in 1936. This work is a significant example of Willink's style, which is often associated with Magic Realism.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

15 Thinking first of mortality would be a tough way to start every day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (dAH7n)

16 I guess this guy didn't really understand the role of the doctor when he applied to play McCoy on Star Trek

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

17 Well done portrait. I bet he was fun at parties.
The skull belongs on a pike out front where the moose can't reach it.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (d4s+f)

18 That’s a really good artist CBD. His work on the hand is really impressive. Almost photographic detail overall. That talent is pretty uncommon.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (pDt9x)

19 How is he holding the paintbrush, since he’s got both hands on the skull?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

20 He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Bones at January 16, 2026 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

21 So hey Mr Artist...are you free to paint some album covers?

Posted by: Megadeath at January 16, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

22 Wiki-

The skull serves as a powerful symbol of mortality, while the artist's introspective gaze invites viewers to ponder their own existence.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

23 He became a camp guard, right?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:37 AM (s0JqF)

24 His mom's offstage, whispering, "Smile, Carel. Smile"

Posted by: red speck at January 16, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

25 I need to cast this guy in my next project!!!

Posted by: David Lynch at January 16, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

26 Alternate title:


"Self-Portrait with the Last Guy Who Called Me "Carol"


Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

27 "Zelfportret met hond und bruste" would be better.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

28 Nicely detailed
Hope he didn't kill that person

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 09:39 AM (1YNCp)

29 How is he holding the paintbrush, since he’s got both hands on the skull?

prehensile genitalia

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

30 I wouldn't hang, but I do like this.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

31 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (NcvvS)

32 A throne of skulls starts with but one....

Not that one. The other one...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (U2OZr)

33 Well done but creepy

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2026 09:41 AM (VE6XX)

34 Could also be an artist for the police.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 09:41 AM (EyfuW)

35 He's skilled that's for sure.

Posted by: Tuna at January 16, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

36 Might make an interesting impression on my next Zoom meeting.

Posted by: Donny Brook at January 16, 2026 09:41 AM (vmAac)

37 Would hang. In the hallway leading to the restrooms. At the big funeral home on the other side of town.

Posted by: Sophomore interior design student at January 16, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

38 So you think you can screw around just because of my nice shirt and office? You think that YOU can walk into MY office and hand me a line of bullshit like that? What, you think that this mahogany desk, accent lighting and wall-to-wall window mean I'm some kind of pussy who will but up with your crap?

Go look out that window, bucko. Look straight through it, at eye level. What do you see? That's right, motherfucker. You see SKY. Nothing but air. Wanna know how I got up this high, in an office this big, with furniture this polished? Of course you do. Every single mewling little lying quim in this building wants to know. They think they can get it by being little bitches, playing little bitch-ass games and then collect their prizes.

But you're wrong. Deep in your heart, you know you're wrong. You wanna get this desk? You want this office? You see yourself parking your little pansy ass in MY chair? Well there's only one way to do it. Let me show you the guy who I took this office from.

Posted by: Business ain't for sissies at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (GyQIQ)

39 Let’s see him hold an AoSHQ flaming skull with a pudding cup.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

40 I hate a wrinkled shirt and yet that's what I love most about this painting.
Go figure.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

41 Skullduggery!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

42 You can tell the dude in the picture probably played in a pretty awesome avant-garde electronic music act.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (uEmCf)

43 Maybe I'd hang this in a long dark hallway and I'd have a secret passageway behind to watch people through hidden eye holes but not in creepy way but in a cool totally normal friendly spying on all my guests way.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 09:45 AM (3uBP9)

44 You can tell the dude in the picture probably played in a pretty awesome avant-garde electronic music act.

Where's the plastic flower pot on his head?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)

45 You can tell the dude in the picture probably played in a pretty awesome avant-garde electronic music act.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:43 AM (uEmCf)
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NEIN! VE ARE NOT LIKE KRAFTWERK! NOT ALL AVANT-GARDE GERMAN MUSIC IS KRAFTWERK!

Posted by: It's exactly like Kraftwerk at January 16, 2026 09:45 AM (GyQIQ)

46 When the 7th Day Adventist missionary shows up with a skull, and not The Watchtower, you should probably keep the door closed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 09:45 AM (HXT0k)

47
No!
Why?
And like, don't.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (ZxPkt)

48 That is an impressive forehead.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

49 Artist had a rather turbulent personal life. Married a much younger woman after his second wife died. Then dumped her for another much younger gal.

Posted by: Tuna at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (lJ0H4)

50 Zelfportret met schede
Carel Willink

**********

Self-portrait with Skull - a limerick

Carel Willink was a pretty cool cat
But his outfit was not quite "all that"
From his head down to his feet
His look us incomplete
It cries out for a ten-gallon hat!

Posted by: the guy who does limericks at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (/iMjX)

51 That is an impressive forehead.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)


That's a sixhead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (ExV1e)

52 I think tucker will teach the marxist how to laugh.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (EyfuW)

53 45 NEIN! VE ARE NOT LIKE KRAFTWERK! NOT ALL AVANT-GARDE GERMAN MUSIC IS KRAFTWERK!
Posted by: It's exactly like Kraftwerk at January 16, 2026 09:45 AM (GyQIQ)

Sure, it could be Einsterzende Neubauten.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (uEmCf)

54 Honestly, I never thought I'd be first for some Neue Sachlichkeit self-portrait as Hamlet.

And I agree with the others, that's a fivehead, at least.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (p9rFX)

55 13 inch neck and a size 9 hat. Unsettling.

Posted by: Pencil-necked Geek at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

56 His work on the hand is really impressive. Almost photographic detail overall. That talent is pretty uncommon.

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (pDt9x)


Agreed. I like his skill.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (n9ltV)

57 I actually like this. I don't want to hang it up, but it is well done. I could see it in the club room of a gentleman's club. The real kind. The kind with dark paneling and leather armchairs where the upholstery is held together with big, brass rivets and silent men in tuxedos fill up the drinks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (GyQIQ)

58 Voorhoofd

I had to look it up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

59 Skullduggery might be a fun word in a limerick.

Posted by: Person who always enjoys a good limerick at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

60 46 Thought The Watchtower was Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

61 Dutch painters, man.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 16, 2026 09:48 AM (0bjKf)

62 Artist had a rather turbulent personal life. Married a much younger woman after his second wife died. Then dumped her for another much younger gal.

Posted by: Tuna

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What's your point?

Posted by: Leo Dicaprio at January 16, 2026 09:48 AM (8AONa)

63 49 Artist had a rather turbulent personal life. Married a much younger woman after his second wife died. Then dumped her for another much younger gal.
Posted by: Tuna

Nice info, but more importantly, did he paint any of them naked?

Posted by: Booby Fan at January 16, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

64 It's well done. I do like it. Would probably hang.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 09:49 AM (g8Ew8)

65 Gives a whole new meaning to skull f*ck

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 09:49 AM (GK5Hx)

66 >>> His work on the hand is really impressive. Almost photographic detail overall. That talent is pretty uncommon.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (pDt9x)

Agreed. I like his skill.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (n9ltV)


I get the feeling the artist has studied a lot of human internal anatomy, skeletal structure, musculature, circulatory systems, perhaps without the subjects consent.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 09:50 AM (3uBP9)

67 >59 Skullduggery might be a fun word in a limerick.
Posted by: Person who always enjoys a good limerick at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

Ponders the word buggery...

Posted by: Muldoon's Frontal Cortex at January 16, 2026 09:51 AM (GTqXr)

68 I get the feeling the artist has studied a lot of human internal anatomy, skeletal structure, musculature, circulatory systems, perhaps without the subjects consent.

Some help cops.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 16, 2026 09:51 AM (EyfuW)

69 We would approve.

Posted by: Silent men in tuxedos full of alcohol sitting in leather chairs with big brass rivets at January 16, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Thought it was Josef Goebbels at first.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 09:52 AM (8zz6B)

71 63 49 Artist had a rather turbulent personal life. Married a much younger woman after his second wife died. Then dumped her for another much younger gal.
Posted by: Tuna

Nice info, but more importantly, did he paint any of them naked?
Posted by: Booby Fan at January 16, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)
________
You can always trust the Horde to get to the important questions in life.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:53 AM (s0JqF)

72 Did he buy the skull, or dig it up himself like that fellow on the news in Pennsylvania?

Posted by: Jonathan Gerlach at January 16, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

73 Thought it was Josef Goebbels at first.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Not pinched and weasely enough.

Posted by: Tuna at January 16, 2026 09:54 AM (lJ0H4)

74 Abby. Abby somebody.

Posted by: Marty Feldman at January 16, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

75 I actually like this. I don't want to hang it up, but it is well done. I could see it in the club room of a gentleman's club. The real kind. The kind with dark paneling and leather armchairs where the upholstery is held together with big, brass rivets and silent men in tuxedos fill up the drinks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (GyQIQ)
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This guy would be the founder of said club.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 09:55 AM (ESVrU)

76 What you don't want to see in your Ring camera at midnight

Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2026 09:55 AM (Y1sOo)

77 I like the one of St. Jerome with a skull on his desk better.

Posted by: no one at January 16, 2026 09:56 AM (qFwJc)

78 Skullduggery might be a fun word in a limerick.
Posted by: Person who always enjoys a good limerick


***********

Diggin' Up Bones - a limerick

Burke and Hare were known for their thuggery
For mugging and all sorts of buggery
But they got into trouble
At a grave with a shovel
Engaged in pernicious skull-duggery

Posted by: the guy who does limericks at January 16, 2026 09:56 AM (/iMjX)

79 Jeez, it looks like a self portrait of Adolf Eichmann.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:56 AM (hxusQ)

80 *What you don't want to see in your Ring camera at midnight*


Candygram.

Posted by: Chevy Chase at January 16, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

81
The guy in the portrait listens to the most avant-gardeiest Krautrock song evah! Every! Single! Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=GRxvQmTTz5I&list=RDGRxvQmTTz5I&start_radi

o=1

(remove spaces)

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

82 What you don't want to see in your Ring camera at midnight

Posted by: one hour sober


I mean, it kinda depends, if it's unexpected it's one thing, but if you put out that hit a year and a half ago and someone's finally collecting on it, that's another thing entirely...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 09:57 AM (OUMaO)

83 Bravo!

Posted by: Person who always enjoys a good limerick at January 16, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Thought it was Josef Goebbels at first.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Jeez, it looks like a self portrait of Adolf Eichmann.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:56 AM (hxusQ
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Hmmm. Skull imagery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

85 This guy looks like he's fun at parties.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 09:59 AM (SSEhk)

86 Thought it was Josef Goebbels at first.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Heh. Holding Magda's skull, or maybe one of their children's, that she murdered.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 09:59 AM (XeU6L)

87 >>> 66 His work on the hand is really impressive. Almost photographic detail overall. That talent is pretty uncommon.
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (pDt9x)

Agreed. I like his skill.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (n9ltV)


I get the feeling the artist has studied a lot of human internal anatomy, skeletal structure, musculature, circulatory systems, perhaps without the subjects consent.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 09:50 AM (3uBP9)

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Hannibal Costanza at January 16, 2026 09:59 AM (ULPxl)

88 Looked up some of his stuff. A couple made me think of the Saki story "On Approval".

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 10:00 AM (s0JqF)

89 >85 This guy looks like he's fun at parties.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 16, 2026 09:59 AM (SSEhk)

You know he has a few gallons of bleach, rolls of plastic sheeting and 100lbs of quicklime in the trunk of his car.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 16, 2026 10:00 AM (GTqXr)

90 What you don't want to see in your Ring camera at midnight

Posted by: one hour sober



Oh....my!

Posted by: Paul Pelosi Opts For the Sunday Night Special at January 16, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

91 This guy would be the founder of said club.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yale, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 10:01 AM (XeU6L)

92 86 Thought it was Josef Goebbels at first.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

###

By the way, I recently saw the Nuremberg movie starring Russell Crowe. Really enjoyed it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

93 80 *What you don't want to see in your Ring camera at midnight*


Candygram.
Posted by: Chevy Chase


Delivered by the Candyman.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:02 AM (GK5Hx)

94 #78, that is beautiful. What a shame I'm too lazy to figure out how to properly quote.

Guy looks worried to me, like he's thinking "Gee, I hope the other body parts don't start surfacing, too."

Wouldn't hang, but it is interesting. I guess this is what museums for - pictures you don't want to see every day, but once in a while it's nice to say 'hmmmmm. interesting."

Posted by: Persnickety at January 16, 2026 10:02 AM (NXsA/)

95 I always like to point out that the first major staring role for Angela Lansbury was the movie Gaslight.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 10:03 AM (HXT0k)

96 It's 0800, and I have bacon in the skillet. And covfefe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:03 AM (8zz6B)

97 Why did everyone want to hire the headhunter?

Because he had such a great skull set.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

98 Wouldn't hang, but it is interesting. I guess this is what museums for - pictures you don't want to see every day, but once in a while it's nice to say 'hmmmmm. interesting."
Posted by: Persnickety at January 16, 2026 10:02 AM

+++
Which pretty much explains the popularity of The Art Thread.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

99 He has a whole lot of paintings of himself. One of his favorite subjects.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:05 AM (3uBP9)

100 He looks… troubled.

Translation says "Self-portrait with sheath." Sheath? Is that what the kids are cal

Posted by: mindful webworker - giving sheath at January 16, 2026 10:05 AM (FMpsC)

101 The Shah live on TV

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

102 Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller joined RFD-TV's Jennifer Vickery Smith to tell us his latest findings show these outbreaks are caused by indigenous screwworm flies, and the warning he is sending to producers and pet owners.

"Check livestock, check pets, it's going to be across the border. I hate to say it, but it's inevitable."



Poison them Sid. That's your go to for everything. Poison them!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:06 AM (GK5Hx)

103 Speaking of Art, my Art History Prof. wife is flying to Italy today. Florence to give a presentation, Rome to attend one. She's probably been there 20 times in our 25 years of marriage, I have yet to tag along.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 16, 2026 10:07 AM (vV6n9)

104 62 Artist had a rather turbulent personal life. Married a much younger woman after his second wife died. Then dumped her for another much younger gal.
Posted by: Tuna
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What's your point?
Posted by: Leo Dicaprio

Yawn

Posted by: Woody Allen at January 16, 2026 10:07 AM (JCZqz)

105 Does Ivermectin kill the screwworm larvae?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:08 AM (8zz6B)

106 The Shah live on TV
Posted by: San Franpsycho



I can't believe Goldie isn't on YouTube liveblogging right now.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:09 AM (GK5Hx)

107 Yawn
Posted by: Woody Allen

IKR?
— Zombie Charlie Chaplin

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

108
I'd use this for the cover of a Re-Animator compilation...

Posted by: American Hawkman at January 16, 2026 10:10 AM (6nplM)

109 He says 12,000 killed but the protests continue

The regime continues its murderous rampage

He calls for outside help.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:10 AM (RIvkX)

110 Did the Steelers win a playoff yet?

Posted by: the skull at January 16, 2026 10:10 AM (gKWVE)

111 Does Ivermectin kill the screwworm larvae?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon




I honestly don't know.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:10 AM (GK5Hx)

112 AOP,

Yes, ivermectin is effective against screwworms, particularly the larvae, and is authorized for use in livestock to combat infestations.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:12 AM (GK5Hx)

113 He says large portions of the military have defected

He calls for targeting IRGC command and control inside Iran

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:12 AM (RIvkX)

114 I honestly don't know.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:10 AM (GK5Hx)

Looked it up. Yes, in the early stages, at least.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:13 AM (8zz6B)

115 Yawn
Posted by: Woody Allen

No kidding.

~ Karoline Leavitt's husband

Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2026 10:14 AM (Y1sOo)

116 So the guy robbed the cradle and a grave? He's a menace!

Posted by: I Blame His Parents at January 16, 2026 10:14 AM (oftw2)

117 He calls for targeting IRGC command and control inside Iran
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:12 AM (RIvkX)

Mosques could be considered to be IRGC command and control, too. Do it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:15 AM (8zz6B)

118 Hmm. That skull is no trophy. Would not mount.

Posted by: The Predator at January 16, 2026 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

119 Those screwworms sound like nasty little buggers.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

120
Looks like an Arrow Shirt model.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 10:16 AM (tgvbd)

121 Is Karoline Leavitt showing yet?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

122 At last, a baroque lutist who makes O-faces while performing:
youtube.com/watch?v=7A4vR1NFS_I

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:17 AM (N8ZBc)

123 Move over Bill Gates we have a new largest landowner in America. Rams owner Stan Kroenke purchased 1M acres in New Mexico and is now the champ. His total ownership is 2.7M acres. Thats about the size of Connecticut.

This is insane. No person should be allowed to own that much land.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:18 AM (kgFPv)

124 The Iran situation seems more and more like a Tom Clancey novel

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 10:18 AM (XeU6L)

125 >>> 53 45 NEIN! VE ARE NOT LIKE KRAFTWERK! NOT ALL AVANT-GARDE GERMAN MUSIC IS KRAFTWERK!

True, there's also Rammstein. And David Hasselhoff.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (gWBY1)

126 Don't worry, guys. It'll be OK.

BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.
This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (L/fGl)

127 "The Iran situation seems more and more like a Tom Clancey novel"

'Clark' probably engineered the overthrow of Pahlavi.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (N8ZBc)

128 123 Move over Bill Gates we have a new largest landowner in America. Rams owner Stan Kroenke purchased 1M acres in New Mexico and is now the champ. His total ownership is 2.7M acres. Thats about the size of Connecticut.

This is insane. No person should be allowed to own that much land.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:18 AM (kgFPv)

"HE'S AN EEEEEEEEEEEEEEENOS!"

--Vince McMahon

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (uEmCf)

129 These contemporary versions of Shakespeare's plays can be rather hit and miss in their effect.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (XjTSo)

130 This is marginally better than the sepia-tone dreck posted on Wednesday and Thursday, so i would say things are looking up.

Posted by: Kudos To The Art Curator at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (oftw2)

131 This is insane. No person should be allowed to own that much land.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:18 AM (kgFPv)

Now he gets to pay taxes on it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (8zz6B)

132 A federal judge Thursday dealt a significant legal setback to the Trump administration in its efforts to obtain voter data held by states. In a 33-page order, U.S. District [ Clinton ] Judge David O. Carter in California dismissed a lawsuit that sought to give the Justice Department access to the Democratic-led state’s voter files, including records like Social Security numbers and driver’s license information. California is one of 23 states, along with Washington, D.C., that the Justice Department has sued for refusing to hand over the voter data. The lawsuit against California was filed in September.
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That's why I am calling them cartel judges now.
Lot's of thundering and purple prose in the opinion with bromides like "sacred right to vote" and "bled and died for the right to vote."
Which he then jumps the canyon to "and if the DOJ has that data, someone, somewhere, somehow might not vote."
If they weren't so stupid and bought, they might actually write a sound opinion.
As it is, they're just performing for their choir.
That is, they're so deranged, they don't even see there's no meat on their bone of an opinion.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (HXT0k)

133 >>> BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

When the left thinks healing, they think therapy goats and James Taylor. They are not sending their best.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (gWBY1)

134 Ugh you gullible fools. There is no killing in Iran. It’s all Jew propaganda. The mullahs are benevolent leaders who love their people. Stop buying the Zionist lies.
- Cucker Tarlson

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (kgFPv)

135

Jebbers, Nazi Much?

Posted by: Bristol Type 6 at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (OLJhz)

136 large portions of the military have defecated

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (Kt19C)

137 >>> Those screwworms sound like nasty little buggers.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)


I think I've read before that a good bit of the stereotype of the dumb poor white southerner in the early 20th century was really because of widespread screwworm infestation of the population, that they got from walking around barefoot. It can cause severe cognitive impairment.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)

138 I'm getting "Connection timed out" on X links.

downdetector says no problems reported.

Who am I to believe, downdetector or my own lying browser?

Posted by: mindful webworker - what the x? at January 16, 2026 10:22 AM (FMpsC)

139 >True, there's also Rammstein. And David Hasselhoff.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (gWBY1)

You asked for it:
https://youtu.be/W3q8Od5qJio?si=9oFqmhjvG0d_KRP_

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 16, 2026 10:22 AM (GTqXr)

140 Heino is the premier German musical artist. There is no question about it.

Posted by: Heino Fan Club #52, Hamburg at January 16, 2026 10:22 AM (oftw2)

141 This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (L/fGl)

I'm with Sefton. Send battalions to Minnesota and squash this shit. It's already getting started in the Philly area with the child-sheriff of Bucks country (33) ending all cooperation with ice as it makes the illegals uncomfortable.

Posted by: night lifted at January 16, 2026 10:22 AM (kJmLc)

142 I think I've read before that a good bit of the stereotype of the dumb poor white southerner in the early 20th century was really because of widespread screwworm infestation of the population, that they got from walking around barefoot. It can cause severe cognitive impairment.
Posted by: banana Dream

From what I've read, it was hookworm.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

143 >>> Now he gets to pay taxes on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:20 AM (8zz6B)

And environmental studies won't allow him to build, mine, or drill on it because it is the one valley where some stupid lizard lives.

Where did he find one million acres of land to buy in New Mexico?? Out west, land like that is either owned by a tribe or the federal government.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:23 AM (gWBY1)

144 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.
This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (L/fGl)

When they are done with the therapy, they will have to sell the goats two villages away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (8zz6B)

145 Isn't there some blogger gal, food and ranch life, something like that, who owns along with her husband a good part of a U.S. state?

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (3uBP9)

146 See? He's sorry.

Timothy Busfield Faces New Sexual Abuse Claim by 16-Year-Old Girl, Whose Dad Says Actor 'Begged' for Therapy Instead of Police: DA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

147 136 large portions of the military have defecated

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In the woods?

Posted by: The Charmin Bears at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

148 123 Move over Bill Gates we have a new largest landowner in America. Rams owner Stan Kroenke purchased 1M acres in New Mexico and is now the champ. His total ownership is 2.7M acres. Thats about the size of Connecticut.

This is insane. No person should be allowed to own that much land.
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It's the reverse effect of a lot of Westerns. Big landowners buying up farms & ranches everywhere & keeping it for their own private use. Meanwhile the price of beef & pork stays high, but moneybags has a nice view. The long-term effects of letting the Leftists control public education have taken effect.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (XjTSo)

149 Looks like an Arrow Shirt model."

Van Heusen, before the eyepatch...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (XuXeR)

150 I think I've read before that a good bit of the stereotype of the dumb poor white southerner in the early 20th century was really because of widespread screwworm infestation of the population, that they got from walking around barefoot. It can cause severe cognitive impairment.
Posted by: banana Dream

Oh, yeah? Then how in tarnation did I become a sixth-grade graduate AND a Double-Naught Spy?

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at January 16, 2026 10:24 AM (oftw2)

151 Looks like an Arrow Shirt model.
Posted by: Hadrian
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Arrow had a shirt, or collar, called 'Trump'.

pic: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256476876519

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 10:25 AM (XeU6L)

152 "I'm getting "Connection timed out" on X links."

I'm getting 'Grok is under heavy usage right now. Please try again soon.' Skynet is aborning as we speak.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:25 AM (N8ZBc)

153 "@marklevinshow 16h
Here's a third idea: seize all vehicles used to block ICE agents. Forfeit them as instrumentalities used in violation of federal law. And sell them."

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 10:25 AM (vbXSk)

154 Is Twitter down for anyone else?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (lFFaq)

155 X is a mess right now.

Posted by: night lifted at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (kJmLc)

156 120 ... "Looks like an Arrow Shirt model."

Hardrian,

Had to laugh. That was my first thought. Maybe aimed at depressed northern Europeans.

Posted by: JTB at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (yTvNw)

157 >>> From what I've read, it was hookworm.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)


Ah, ... I just thought they were the same worms. I mean, hook, screw, they probably have rivetworms, stapleworms, could they please come up with different names to help dummies like me?

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (3uBP9)

158 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
____

We have, how you say, "therapy goats" too in our culture.

Posted by: Somalian at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (Dv3i1)

159 Alternate title:

"This Guy Just Saw the New Trailer For "The Bride!" The New Bonnie and Clyde, Girlboss Musical Version of The Bride of Frankenstein and Wants His Time Back...But, No. It Is Gone. Gone Forever."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhgcUArO3Uo&t=144s

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

160 In the woods?
Posted by: The Charmin Bears "

That's not a pope....

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (XuXeR)

161 138 I'm getting "Connection timed out" on X links.
downdetector says no problems reported.
Who am I to believe, downdetector or my own lying browser?
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If X gets any slower it's going to start generating images of rabbits.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (XjTSo)

162 A backdrop, and in fact the driving force behind the unrest in Iran, is that the Iranian Rial is now trading at a black market rate of up to 1.5 million to the dollar. It was already bad, at about 42,000 to the dollar before this current round began.

No matter what the immediate result of the military situation is, the Iranian economy is in a state of total collapse. That will not change no matter what the current government does.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (uWKK8)

163 The Velcro worms are irritating, but pretty easy to remove.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

164 >>> X is a mess right now.
Posted by: night lifted at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (kJmLc)


Yeah it's down. I think some big things are probably afoot somewhere. Or not. Who knows.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (3uBP9)

165 I guess I should have done F3 for X or Grok instead of Twitter before asking.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (lFFaq)

166

Eyepatch Mccain has been very quiet lately. Someone must have pictures of him in bed with a dead girl and a live boy...

Posted by: Bristol Type 6 at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (OLJhz)

167 158 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
____

We have, how you say, "therapy goats" too in our culture.
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Beat me to it!!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (XjTSo)

168 They both deserve it.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

169 We're sitting right here.

Posted by: The Torx Head Fastener Worms at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

170 Is Twitter down for anyone else?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 16, 2026 10:26 AM (lFFaq)

-----------

Looks like same for me. I tried to ask Grok if X.com is down:

"Grok was unable to reply.
Something went wrong, please refresh to reconnect or try again."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (jQtSL)

171 to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

When the left thinks healing, they think therapy goats and James Taylor. They are not sending their best.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (gWBY1)

Need candles? Call me

Posted by: Gwyneth Paltrow at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (/6GbT)

172 American Psycho, the painting
Would hang in my lab.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (Oql3v)

173 Forfeit them as instrumentalities used in violation of federal law. And sell them."

Have you seen these rigs? Food and trash everywhere, squealing drive belts, dents....

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (XuXeR)

174 142 I think I've read before that a good bit of the stereotype of the dumb poor white southerner in the early 20th century was really because of widespread screwworm infestation of the population, that they got from walking around barefoot. It can cause severe cognitive impairment.
Posted by: banana Dream

From what I've read, it was hookworm.
Posted by: Bulg
=========
Hookworms and illiteracy. New fangled IQ tests for WWI help cement the idea as 'scientific'.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (WDjG6)

175 The Velcro worms are irritating, but pretty easy to remove.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

BAH! I hate that tearing sound!

Posted by: Morty Seinfeld at January 16, 2026 10:29 AM (PSEDc)

176 > Where did he find one million acres of land to buy in New Mexico?? Out west, land like that is either owned by a tribe or the federal government.
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Trump mentioned divesting the Feds of land they own, but do nothing with. Mostly vast swaths out west. Same thing with buildings they own, but don't need to.

No clue if he followed up on earlier musings about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 10:29 AM (U2OZr)

177 large portions of the military have defecated
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (Kt19C)


Assuming this is true... the best outcome that the regime could hope for is a protracted civil war.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

178 I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (+mUZM)

179 The Velcro worms are irritating, but pretty easy to remove."

Try that at 0200 hours. It'll wake everyone

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR)

180 Frasier when they found that skull under their old rental house they lived in as young nerds.

Posted by: Niles Crane, homosexual at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (n+1Zi)

181 twitters back, a little now. Not 100%.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (3uBP9)

182 "BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”"

Years ago, our city planted 'peace poles' in the bad neigborhoods to try to stop the violence. The thugs pulled up the poles and beat each other with them.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (N8ZBc)

183 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
While Democrats fan the flames against ICE agents. City staff are being offered quiet reflection time with goats.
This is not parody. This is Minneapolis.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:19 AM (L/fGl)
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"Therapy goats?"

That can't possibly be misinterpreted as something else....Especially if Somalis are involved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (ESVrU)

184 BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats."

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"Wait, I recognize that goat bending over -- it's Beta O'Rourke!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (jQtSL)

185 166

Eyepatch Mccain has been very quiet lately. Someone must have pictures of him in bed with a dead girl and a live boy...
Posted by: Bristol Type 6
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He picked a stupid fight with big youtuber Sean Ryan pissing off the online folks that like Sean. He pissed off his GOP colleagues by being a drunk on a foreign trip so he got a six month time out from such. His district has also been redrawn in the TX redistricting. Has competition in the primary.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (WDjG6)

186 22 Wiki-

The skull serves as a powerful symbol of mortality, while the artist's introspective gaze invites viewers to ponder their own existence.
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Ah, so that means the theme of the work is a thanatotopsis.
(Heh, I got to use that word for the first time in a few years.)

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (XjTSo)

187 >>> It's the reverse effect of a lot of Westerns. Big landowners buying up farms & ranches everywhere & keeping it for their own private use. Meanwhile the price of beef & pork stays high

It's the meat packing industry, it's like a cartel and has a chokehold on the small farmers. I have friends with families that own small cattle farms, it's been a problem. If they would let ranchers and farmers do more of their own beef harvesting, we would have more in stores.

It has to get fixed and no one's doing it. And the meat packers are controlled by people trying to reduce our beef consumption.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (gWBY1)

188 A backdrop, and in fact the driving force behind the unrest in Iran, is that the Iranian Rial is now trading at a black market rate of up to 1.5 million to the dollar. It was already bad, at about 42,000 to the dollar before this current round began.

No matter what the immediate result of the military situation is, the Iranian economy is in a state of total collapse. That will not change no matter what the current government does.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (uWKK

If you held rials, why even try to trade them at that rate. Hoard them, and later sell them on ebay as collectors' items, like Zimbabwe dollars and Confederate currency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (8zz6B)

189 >>BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”


The unbalanced, Millennial "safe space" kids of the 2010's are now in the workplace and recreating the indulgent, unchallenging, and entitled environment they were provided throughout childhood and college.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (LlV+5)

190 inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

Goat yoga is so 2018...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:32 AM (XuXeR)

191 I prefer Velcro worms to shoe laces.

Not a joke.

Posted by: Creepy Joe Biden at January 16, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

192 Where ya goin', Stymie?

Fishin.'

Got worms?

Yeah, but I'm goin' anyway!

Posted by: Matthew "Stymie" Beard at January 16, 2026 10:32 AM (oftw2)

193 The Velcro worms are irritating, but pretty easy to remove.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)


https://youtu.be/F89McWFENTs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (ExV1e)

194 Years ago, our city planted 'peace poles' in the bad neigborhoods to try to stop the violence. The thugs pulled up the poles and beat each other with them.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (N8ZBc)

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* snort *

"Stakes Have No Home Here!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (jQtSL)

195 The unbalanced, Millennial "safe space" kids of the 2010's are now in the workplace and recreating the indulgent, unchallenging, and entitled environment they were provided throughout childhood and college.

At this point, I welcome our new alien overlords. Couldn't be any worse.

Posted by: Alien Collaborator at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (REOC8)

196 If they would let ranchers and farmers do more of their own beef harvesting, we would have more in stores."

Can't have that. It might lead to other things, like selling non processed milk...

/ your government at work

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (XuXeR)

197 >>large portions of the military have defecated


Think you mean "defenestrated."
Yeah, that's it!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (LlV+5)

198 Ask your doctor if Thanatotopsis is right for you.

Posted by: Big Farma Marketing Department at January 16, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Portrait of a First World Problem:

Stop digging. Put it back where you found it. Call a priest to bless the house.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 16, 2026 10:34 AM (yFLFB)

200 COVID 26: Now with furin cleavage, protein spike, AND velcro hooks.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:34 AM (N8ZBc)

201 >>> I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 16, 2026 10:30 AM (+mUZM)

Yeah, thanks. That's the one. I've used her recipes a lot.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:34 AM (3uBP9)

202 large portions of the military have defecated
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (Kt19C)

Mostly once a day, but twice a day is not uncommon.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM (g8Ew8)

203 At this point, I welcome our new alien overlords. Couldn't be any worse.
Posted by: Alien Collaborator at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (REOC
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So .... exactly like Minnesota, then?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM (GyQIQ)

204 Ah, so that means the theme of the work is a thanatotopsis.


A good dewormer can fix that.

Posted by: The Wellness Company at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM (oftw2)

205 large portions of the military have defecated


Think you mean "defenestrated."
Yeah, that's it!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (LlV+5)

No shit?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM (8zz6B)

206 200 Furry cleavage? Don't want none of that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

207 Ah, ... I just thought they were the same worms. I mean, hook, screw, they probably have rivetworms, stapleworms, could they please come up with different names to help dummies like me?
Posted by: banana Dream

Hookworms are not native to the US but brought over by trade with Africa in slavery times and became endemic in the Southern soil like fireants eventually did. Africans have some natural resistance to hookworms, whites did not so going unshod in the South is not a good idea.

Screwworms fly and the one that is a problem is a parasitic blowfly except it likes live instead of dead tissue.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (WDjG6)

208 Willink clearly is a good technical artist. The anatomy is accurate and he really captures the look and texture of the fabric and the skull. But then we are left with 'so what'. Maybe this was an art school assignment, not something to be displayed.

He was part of an imaginary or magical realism movement: well drawn scenes with some incongruent elements. That's fine for sci-fi or fantasy paperback covers. But without the context of the story it just feels unimportant and isolated.

Posted by: JTB at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (yTvNw)

209 large portions of the military have defecated
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (Kt19C)
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I would hope so! Regular troops are effective troops!

Posted by: Military Nutritionist at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (GyQIQ)

210 One of the surprising or maybe not so surprising things they discovered, both physical health and literacy declined dramatically between the world wars.

IQ testing for the government arose in part because of the idea of tailoring the Army’s needs with a soldier’s aptitude.

By world war two it was obvious then that the new fangled methods of instruction were terrible, and that nutrition during the Depression was awful as well. Vitamin deficiencies, things like Rickets had exploded

Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (2BdZb)

211 162 A backdrop, and in fact the driving force behind the unrest in Iran, is that the Iranian Rial is now trading at a black market rate of up to 1.5 million to the dollar. It was already bad, at about 42,000 to the dollar before this current round began.

No matter what the immediate result of the military situation is, the Iranian economy is in a state of total collapse. That will not change no matter what the current government does.
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I do believe the revolutionaries are convinced that can change if they can get someone in power who knows more about governing than reading a holy book, ordering punishments, and giving piles of money to terrorists.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (XjTSo)

212 >>No shit?

Nope, just lots of breaking the glass ceiling wall to get outside. I think?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (LlV+5)

213 I shit you knot.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)

214 118 Hmm. That skull is no trophy. Would not mount.
Posted by: The Predator

I'll "mount" it. After adding a few more holes...

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (JCZqz)

215 Which one is the self-portrait?

Posted by: GWB at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (pVn4H)

216 Ask your doctor if Thanatotopsis is right for you."

Don't take Thanatotopsis if you're allergic to it or any of it's ingredients.

"Side effects include nausea, upset stomach, diarrhea
Drowsiness, fatigue, dizziness dry mouth, changes in taste
Headache skin reactions like flushing or rash
Severe allergic reactions (swelling, difficulty breathing)
Chest pain or severe shortness of breath
Signs of internal bleeding (e.g., black, tarry stools with blood thinners)
Severe or persistent pain, swelling, or dysfunction
Changes in heart rate or rhythm "

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR)

217 >>BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

Therapy. Goats.

Great. The kids are in charge.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (kgE5c)

218 The Velcro worms are irritating, but pretty easy to remove."

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Many years ago, there was a rumor that the Belgians had invented silent velcro for their military. I don't know what kept them from conquering the world.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

219 >>> Venezuelan opposition leader Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

The blocked and reported podcast hosts were complaining that Trump told her she should give it to him, and she's too nice a person to say no to the orange man. So apparently she did. But honestly, it's a great gesture. And she's openly credited him for doing more to help the Venezuelan people than anyone else. She knows what the gesture symbolizes to the woke press and the commies.

If the regime currently still running Venezuela doesn't get with the program, and implement a democracy, she needs to be put in charge. And I say that as someone that's been very non interventionist since we totally screwed up in Afghanistan.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:37 AM (gWBY1)

220 That's fine for sci-fi or fantasy paperback covers. But without the context of the story it just feels unimportant and isolated.
Posted by: JTB at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (yTvNw)

Maybe it was a cover pic for Skull Fanciers Quarterly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:38 AM (8zz6B)

221 Ever see Mortuary Flies. Kinda creepy looking and can be mistaken for Bumble Bees at a quick glance.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd... at January 16, 2026 10:38 AM (oftw2)

222 "Furry cleavage?"

First photographed between William Bendix's moobs in "The Hairy Ape" (1944).

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:39 AM (N8ZBc)

223 Is this about us?

Posted by: Prune juice and bran MREs at January 16, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)

224 large portions of the military have defecated


Think you mean "defenestrated."
Yeah, that's it!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:33 AM (LlV+5)

No shit?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:35 AM


No.

Posted by: MREs at January 16, 2026 10:39 AM (kgE5c)

225 Let me know is there is any change in his condition...

Creepy.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 16, 2026 10:39 AM (DgMqy)

226 I do believe the revolutionaries are convinced that can change if they can get someone in power who knows more about governing than reading a holy book, ordering punishments, and giving piles of money to terrorists.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (XjTSo)
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And the revolutionaries are correct, but they will not be correct immediately.

The Rial has no formal value now. There is black-market trade as described, but there is no legitimate market for it at this point. The currency has no value. Amazing.

When this ends - whether with mullahs or without them - it is going to be a long path back. Absent communists, anyone who takes over from the mullahs - kings, democrats, military dictators, whatever - will do better than the mullahs, but it's going to be a long and difficult road. Coming back from "zero" is not going to happen quickly.

Which will make things harder, perhaps, for the mullahs. The game is effectively lost now, which means the "nothing to lose" group is growing by the minute.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 10:40 AM (GyQIQ)

227 I do believe the revolutionaries are convinced that can change if they can get someone in power who knows more about governing than reading a holy book, ordering punishments, and giving piles of money to terrorists.
Posted by: exdem13
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Don't forget the mullah's expertise in stealing from the state. Khameini and his family are most likely billionaires among other high officials.

The entire world is being run a kleptocracy with a few exceptions. Government to the ruling classes is simply a means to get filthy rich and not do a damn thing to earn it.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:40 AM (WDjG6)

228 >>> I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK

Her merch is all over in the Walmart cooking section. She got in trouble a few years back for supposedly ripping the artwork for her merch off of other artists, and not compensating them. I suspect she paid a pretty penny to make that quietly go away.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:40 AM (gWBY1)

229 Hookworms were on some of the Japanese-held Pacific islands. When the Marines took those islands and later relaxed in camp going barefoot, they got infected with 'em.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (wVcYX)

230 Does Ivermectin kill the screwworm larvae?

Highlighted that. Did DDG search. Answer in 2 seconds:

The efficacy of ivermectin against larvae of the screw-worm fly (Chrysomya bezziana)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3840994/

Posted by: mindful webworker - what the x? at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (FMpsC)

231 The unbalanced, Millennial "safe space" kids of the 2010's are now in the workplace and recreating the indulgent, unchallenging, and entitled environment they were provided throughout childhood and college.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:31 AM (LlV+5)

The good news is Zoomers look at that and think it’s cringe as fuck. Millenails are basically a joke for anyone older and younger than them.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (kgFPv)

232 >>inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”


Reminds me of doing college tours with the kid. There was one that had posters all around informing students that mental health issues are not a stigma, help is available here blah blah blah, as well as a day where puppies would be brought in to relieve final exam stress. It was kind of oppressive, like, is everyone here a little crazy - or do they want them to feel that way?
Crossed that one off the list!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (LlV+5)

233 Slit trench is over there, dude....

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (XuXeR)

234 I can see X just fine, but traffic sure seems lower than usual. Verizon and some other networks had large outages earlier this week, it sure feels like someone is launching large scale cyberattacks on our network systems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (uWKK8)

235 Chrysomya bezziana"

Isn't she the singer for the Russian cover band?

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (XuXeR)

236 >>> I can see X just fine, but traffic sure seems lower than usual. Verizon and some other networks had large outages earlier this week, it sure feels like someone is launching large scale cyberattacks on our network systems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (uWKK


It was completely down a short while ago but it is back up now.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (3uBP9)

237 It's the meat packing industry, it's like a cartel and has a chokehold on the small farmers. I have friends with families that own small cattle farms, it's been a problem. If they would let ranchers and farmers do more of their own beef harvesting, we would have more in stores.

It has to get fixed and no one's doing it. And the meat packers are controlled by people trying to reduce our beef consumption.
Posted by: LizLem


If they work with a butcher, they can do direct sales to individuals.

You buy a half cow. Butcher cuts, trims & wraps meat. You pay the rancher for the 1/2 cow & pay the butcher for his expertise and wrapping.
Everyone wins because the meat packers are cut out of it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (GK5Hx)

238 Hookworms are not native to the US but brought over by trade with Africa in slavery times and became endemic in the Southern soil like fireants eventually did. Africans have some natural resistance to hookworms, whites did not so going unshod in the South is not a good idea.
Posted by: Whig

Actually, there is a native American hookworm, Necator americanus, in addition to the introduced Old-World species.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

239 When this ends - whether with mullahs or without them - it is going to be a long path back. Absent communists, anyone who takes over from the mullahs - kings, democrats, military dictators, whatever - will do better than the mullahs, but it's going to be a long and difficult road. Coming back from "zero" is not going to happen quickly.

Which will make things harder, perhaps, for the mullahs. The game is effectively lost now, which means the "nothing to lose" group is growing by the minute.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Not so sure. If Iran is no longer under sanctions, they can do pretty well with oil and natural gas sales pretty quickly. Like Venezuela or Russia, the oil industry has not been getting the maintenance and optimizations available and due to sanctions, get a lot less for their oil from places like China and India who pay below market rates for it.

Probably be a rough ten years or so.

Countries that do not have such abundance of wealth suffer a lot longer from currency collapse. From economic historians Rogoff and Carmines, those nations take about twenty years or a bit more to recover.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (WDjG6)

240 I can see X just fine, but traffic sure seems lower than usual. Verizon and some other networks had large outages earlier this week, it sure feels like someone is launching large scale cyberattacks on our network systems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:41 AM (uWKK

Good thing the HQ is protected by the impenetrable armor of Pixyware.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (8zz6B)

241 Venezuelan Poll Shows 92% Support for Trump; Left-Wing Protesters “Do Not Represent” Them

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Did they overlook AOC completely?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

242 >>The good news is Zoomers look at that and think it’s cringe as fuck. Millenails are basically a joke for anyone older and younger than them.


Yeah, the *subset* of Millennials that demanded safe spaces and trigger warnings has not aged well.

Sadly, Gen Z seems to be both extremes, though their safe space crew appears to be a lot more violent should you "trigger" them. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (LlV+5)

243 I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK


400,000 acres over four or five ranches.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (GK5Hx)

244 merican Psycho, the painting
Would hang in my lab.
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 10:28 AM


Very nice. Let's have a look at Paul Allen's self-portrait.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (kgE5c)

245 Ivermectin got the Nobel Prize for its antihelminthic effectiveness, IIRC. Good. I hate parasitic worms. We had a textbook in school "Animals Without Backbones," with sickening photos of humans infested with worms and flukes and shit. Ugh.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:45 AM (N8ZBc)

246 206 200 Furry cleavage? Don't want none of that.
Posted by: Bulg

You consider yourself more of a "scaly"? What if the sexy snake GF is wearing a fuzzy sweater?
https://tinyurl.com/2chwhmsb

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 16, 2026 10:45 AM (JCZqz)

247 400,000 acres over four or five ranches."

The King Ranch smiles...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:46 AM (XuXeR)

248 >>The King Ranch smiles...

Wasn't that sold recently?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2026 10:47 AM (LlV+5)

249 > BREAKING: Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
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Oddly specific. The goats. Therapy goats that is. Would have thought there'd be a drum circle too. Those seem to be popular with the leftist nutjobs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 10:47 AM (U2OZr)

250 A large number of the military have defecated
No shit
Yes shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (Oql3v)

251 Supposedly this is The text Machado had put on framed plaque of her novel peace prize gift to Trump:

"What the text reads on the plaque
To President Donald J. Trump
In Gratitude for Your Extraordinary Leadership in Promoting Peace through Strength, Advancing Diplomacy, and Defending Liberty and Prosperity.
Presented as a Personal Symbol of Gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan People and in Recognition of President Trump's Principled and Decisive Action to Secure a Free Venezuela. The Courage of America, and its President Donald J. Trump, will Never Be Forgotten by the Venezuelan people."

It kind of feels like a participation trophy, I can't lie. But it's a gracious gesture. And I love that the libs' heads are exploding. "Trump stole an award from a Latina to feed his insatiable ego!" Not getting it's an act of nuanced diplomacy.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (gWBY1)

252 229 Hookworms were on some of the Japanese-held Pacific islands. When the Marines took those islands and later relaxed in camp going barefoot, they got infected with 'em.
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All this talk of hookworms has me feeling good that as a diabetic I don't go outdoors barefoot. Admittedly I first stopped going outside barefoot after the bee sting. Dad was in an "organic lawn care" phase back in the Seventies & the clover was in bloom a lot between mowings. Then we got a dog.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (XjTSo)

253 I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK


400,000 acres over four or five ranches.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (GK5Hx)

Ah, yes, the back 40.

Posted by: King Ranch, Texas at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (wVcYX)

254 That's fine for sci-fi or fantasy paperback covers. But without the context of the story it just feels unimportant and isolated.
Posted by: JTB at January 16, 2026 10:36 AM (yTvNw)

Maybe it was a cover pic for Skull Fanciers Quarterly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:38 AM (8zz6B)

Fifteen years ago, teens massed in Hot Topic stores, put skulls on everything.

Today, they go to work in offices, with "No Skulls" dress codes.

This is their sadz.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (dGCAG)

255 Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (RHGPo)

256 You buy a half cow. Butcher cuts, trims & wraps meat. You pay the rancher for the 1/2 cow & pay the butcher for his expertise and wrapping.
Everyone wins because the meat packers are cut out of it.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM


*contemplates buying a half cow from my buddy in TX*

*contemplates shipping costs to MA*

F*ck.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (kgE5c)

257 But seriously, goats (in small doses) make people happy. We do goat therapy here in the weekday Cafe's often.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (N8ZBc)

258 It's a 522 Host Error on X so something's hogging it up. Probably an attack of some sort just as you guys suggested.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (3ImbR)

259 I just checked again, and X is down for me now.

this feels like a cyberattack.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (uWKK8)

260 Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
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These are lawyers for cripesake.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (Dv3i1)

261 The first African American mayor of Riverview, Missouri has been arrested on child porn and sex crimes.
Yay diversity

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (Oql3v)

262 Trump Says 'Venezuela Leaker' Jailed As Polymarket Accounts Go Quiet

Trump said the "leaker on Venezuela has been found and is in jail..."

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

263 >>> 243 I think you mean Pioneer Woman. Their family owns a sizeable chunk of OK
==

400,000 acres over four or five ranches.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (GK5Hx)

Really? That's almost half the size of the King Ranch.

(OK is ~45 million acres so while quite yuge, 400k would be less than 1%)

Posted by: Hannibal Costanza at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (ULPxl)

264 It has to get fixed and no one's doing it. And the meat packers are controlled by people trying to reduce our beef consumption.

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Wifey is freaked out about reports that mRNA vaccines are being used in the US for pigs and chickens (although since those are eaten cooked and not raw, so less likely to cause harm to humans as would beef -- which she eats "rare" cooked -- and apparently IS being used in cattle in the UK).

Also, now many pet vaccines use mRNA -- and some are concerned about the literal "shedding" phenomenon that was apparently one way people who weren't jabbed during the Covid PsyOps were ultimately affected by the clot shot if they were frequently in contact with or around others who did get jabbed.

[Me? I don't know why you'd want to kill off your consumer base ... unless you were the GloboHomo WEF Death Cultists trying to "Save The Planet" by mandating cricket-only diets and reduce the human population by 90-100%, which is just crazy talk and (at least at one time) advertised right on their website.]

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (jQtSL)

265 Off #)*&*)& sock!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (ULPxl)

266 Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”
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These are lawyers for cripesake.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM


These are leftist lawyers. They litigate like fags and their briefs are retarded.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (kgE5c)

267 Oddly specific. The goats. Therapy goats that is. Would have thought there'd be a drum circle too. Those seem to be popular with the leftist nutjobs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 10:47 AM (U2OZr)

And going out in the woods and communing with trees.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (8zz6B)

268 Ah, yes, the back 40.
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*perks up*

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (Dv3i1)

269 Actually, there is a native American hookworm, Necator americanus, in addition to the introduced Old-World species.
Posted by: Bulg

You are correct. The one that comes through the feet though is Ancylostoma duodenale.

Soil contaminated with feces is often the source for the native variety.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (WDjG6)

270 "522 Host Error on X"

Some dork tech set up a routing table incorrectly or something like that.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)

271 Bambi v. Godzilla

White House Fires Back After Gov. Walz Tries To Lecture Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

272 >>> *contemplates shipping costs to MA*
F*ck. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (kgE5c)

Surely there are ranchers in MA you could buy from? Much cheaper. Or ask a local rancher to help you purchase a hobby cow, and they raise them and you split the cost of the cow or the meat or something. Everyone wins.

I keep wanting to do a "Good Ranchers" meat subscription box. I bet over time it's cheaper than steak in stores. But I don't know which ones are legit.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (gWBY1)

273 Ah, Carol Willink's famous "Coroner" series.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (2L+MU)

274 "How did hyu get dat skull? Vas he villink?!"

Posted by: pookysgirl in bad German at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (Wt5PA)

275 >>> I just checked again, and X is down for me now.

this feels like a cyberattack.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (uWKK


Yeah, it's currently in the chumbawamba, tubthumping phase.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (3uBP9)

276 I hate going about barefoot, anyway, indoors or out.

You never know when your foot is gonna find that one stray Lego from your kid's childhood.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

277 I wonder if the Minneapolis people promoting the "goat therapy" realize that it's both a meal opportunity and a dating opportunity in the Somali community

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 10:52 AM (Oql3v)

278 Extreme Hakeem goes all butch.

"To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

279 222 "Furry cleavage?"

First photographed between William Bendix's moobs in "The Hairy Ape" (1944).
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I thought it first appeared in fan art of dubious value concerning Maid Marian & Cheetara. You guys know who you are.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (XjTSo)

280 White House Fires Back After Gov. Walz Tries To Lecture Trump
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Fires Back >>>>>>> Claps Back

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (Dv3i1)

281 And going out in the woods and communing with trees.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:50 AM (8zz6B)

Trees actually communicate through a fascinating network of fungal hyphae that somehow approximate the function of a working human brain.

Much like Jim Comey.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (06Hmj)

282 *contemplates buying a half cow from my buddy in TX*

*contemplates shipping costs to MA*

F*ck.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 10:48 AM (kgE5c)

Buy the half-cow in Texas, and drive it back to MA. "Git along little semi-dogie, git along."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

283 262 Trump Says 'Venezuela Leaker' Jailed As Polymarket Accounts Go Quiet

Trump said the "leaker on Venezuela has been found and is in jail..."
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

yes the name's been released. It's not the journalist, it's the government contractor who gave her the classified info.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:54 AM (uWKK8)

284 The list of stuff Ivermectin isn’t effective against is what you want to look at. It absolutely is a miracle drug.

What’s kind of strange is the particular strain was found in a patch of soil on a Japanese golf course and nowhere else since.

It is effective at such a wide range of diseases anyone who has spent a lot of time overseas in particular ought to take a couple rounds. 2 weeks apart. One of the big problems since WW II and subsequent adventures was “fevers of unknown origins”

Parasite infestations have a long cycle, and the symptoms are non specific and mimic a gazillion other things like the flu. But they are debilitating for years and cause all sorts of complications.

Ivermectin is very safe, inexpensive and highly effective and generally benign for most people.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 10:54 AM (2BdZb)

285 Not so sure. If Iran is no longer under sanctions, they can do pretty well with oil and natural gas sales pretty quickly. Like Venezuela or Russia, the oil industry has not been getting the maintenance and optimizations available and due to sanctions, get a lot less for their oil from places like China and India who pay below market rates for it.

Probably be a rough ten years or so. ...
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 10:43 AM (WDjG6)
+++++
A decade is a long time. Absent sanctions, they can start *fairly* quickly, but they aren't going to be absent sanctions. If we drop ours and Russia raises theirs, for example, it will still be difficult. Ours are probably the worst, but it wouldn't surprise me if Russia and much of Europe slap sanctions on a post-mullah regime if it shakes out as a post-mullah regime.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 10:54 AM (GyQIQ)

286 Downdetector: X, Grok, Cloudflare and AWS got spiked.

Posted by: gp at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (N8ZBc)

287 I hadn't heard about a Venezuela leaker. What did he/she leak? Obviously, wasn't very effective at preventing what we did.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

288 >>> 278 Extreme Hakeem goes all butch.

"To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

1) Funny how OrangeManBad has the commies so Concerned about things they gave no shits about not so long ago
2) immivaders aren't American people, timwalz

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)

289 For some reason, George Clooney and 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' has come to mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

290 Ivermectin is very safe, inexpensive and highly effective and generally benign for most people.
Posted by: Common Tater

And you can't have it because it screws up the covid narrative.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (Dv3i1)

291 You know what's crazy? California imports gasoline from South Korea and India.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (rj6Yv)

292 And going out in the woods and communing with trees."

Check out the Minn/St Paul forecast over the next few days.
No one's outside communing w/shiite...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (XuXeR)

293 "To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl)
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Okay, Hakeem. If you make retribution the expected outcome, enjoy the consequences of it. I won't, because I don't want to be expropriated and murdered, but you do you. If you go down this road, fully expect the next guy to do the same thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 10:56 AM (GyQIQ)

294 278 Extreme Hakeem goes all butch.

"To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

What exactly is the upshot of this missive here?

"Once Trump is gone, all you schmucks and noodniks pretending to be Governors and ginning up Civil War II: This Time As Farce will have free rein"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 10:56 AM (06Hmj)

295 “You are hereby put on notice."

What a fag

Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 10:56 AM (2BdZb)

296 Hey. We're on a mandatory 20 minute break. Union rules.

Posted by: Chumbawamba Tubthumpers local #408 at January 16, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

297 ... Ivermectin is very safe, inexpensive and highly effective and generally benign for most people.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 10:54 AM (2BdZb)
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*AND* off-patent.

Which is why it's such a thorn in everyone's side.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 10:56 AM (GyQIQ)

298 Ivermectin is very safe, inexpensive and highly effective and generally benign for most people."

Yeah. We can't have that.

/phhhhizer

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

299 >>> Me? I don't know why you'd want to kill off your consumer base ..

There were apparently more deaths than births in France last year. First time since WW2.

Why people in power hate humans enough to kill off their consumers and their own fellow countryman, I don't know. Thats something to ask Satan, he's putting them up to it.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:57 AM (gWBY1)

300 Too much communion wine, I guess.

Parents Banned After Massive Brawl at Staten Island Catholic Youth Basketball Game

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

301 278 Epstein News has been successfully buried by chaos.
Who celebrated that?
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Probably a whole bunch of globalist pawns who were getting very nervous about getting outed on Fox News.

wait a minute, the Clintons got subpeonaed, then the Leftard witches in Minneapolis went bonkers & one got shot in the face. Could it be a coincidence?

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:57 AM (XjTSo)

302 >>> 298 Ivermectin is very safe, inexpensive and highly effective and generally benign for most people."

Yeah. We can't have that.

/phhhhizer
Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

How do you expect us to meet analysts' expectations?!?!?!

Posted by: Pharma CEOs at January 16, 2026 10:58 AM (ULPxl)

303 I've been using horse paste to try and end my cold sores. So far so good. 1 minor outbreak since I started and this time of year should be 5 or 6 by now.

I'm not a doctor. Don't try this.

Posted by: Reforger at January 16, 2026 10:58 AM (v8m2L)

304 "To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime.

Like the incitement to violently interpose oneself between ICE and a detainee? To physically intervene to effect escape? To drive your SUV at an agent when you have been detained and ordered out of the car? That kind of violence?

Posted by: All projection all the time at January 16, 2026 10:58 AM (TbWk/)

305 Why isn't RFK Jr and Trump making ivermectin over the counter in all states? If we can make abortion drugs OTC, but not a parasite cleanse that might cure cancer, we are screwed up as a society.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (gWBY1)

306 300 Too much communion wine, I guess.

Parents Banned After Massive Brawl at Staten Island Catholic Youth Basketball Game
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Here in Cincinnati we call that the Moeller & Roger Bacon game!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (XjTSo)

307 If you make retribution the expected outcome, enjoy the consequences of it."

Heh. Dumbass needs to understand there are lots of us old, fat, and well armed asses out here. We're not interested in the fun'n'games, but don't push us.

I'd probably not last long, but would cause a world of hurt...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

308 Things I thought to comment but didn't: Besides the admiration for the artist's technique:

19 How is he holding the paintbrush, since he’s got both hands on the skull?
Posted by: Bulg

120 Looks like an Arrow Shirt model.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Posted by: mindful webworker - didn't say what? at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (FMpsC)

309 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Late again.
Goes looking for coffee

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)

310 Hakeem is telling ice agents you will be imprisoned if we win in 2028.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (kgFPv)

311 We're on a mandatory 20 minute break. Union rules.
——-

Screw that. Just work through them. Every twenty four working days I get the whole day off. Paid MFers

Posted by: Non-Union Scabs 307 at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (2BdZb)

312 305 Why isn't RFK Jr and Trump making ivermectin over the counter in all states? If we can make abortion drugs OTC, but not a parasite cleanse that might cure cancer, we are screwed up as a society.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (gWBY1)

IIRC, Ivermectin can have some pretty severe side effects if you take it with a lot of very common heart medications. Not making a stand myself on the issue, but I think that's part of the non-retarded part of the rationale behind it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:00 AM (06Hmj)

313 "To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime.
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The only thoughts they can manage are projection.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:00 AM (vSvIl)

314 Dr. Mommy Jill, I made a viral load in my pants!!

Posted by: Scranton Joe With Squirts at January 16, 2026 11:00 AM (oftw2)

315 Hakeem is telling ice agents you will be imprisoned if we win in 2028.
Posted by: Really?

If the Dems do regain power in 2028, the hot Civil War 2.0 is gonna break out.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

316 >>> 305 Why isn't RFK Jr and Trump making ivermectin over the counter in all states? If we can make abortion drugs OTC, but not a parasite cleanse that might cure cancer, we are screwed up as a society.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (gWBY1)

I thought a few red American states had done this on their own.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (ULPxl)

317 Nood Buck.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

318 So you can't buy ivermectin? Don't they give pills out by the millions in 3rd world?

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (/6GbT)

319 >>> I thought a few red American states had done this on their own.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:01 AM (ULPxl)

They have, but not mine. Jealous!

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 11:02 AM (gWBY1)

320 Hakeem is telling ice agents you will be imprisoned if we win in 2028.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 10:59 AM (kgFPv)

If the Insurrection Act is proclaimed in Minnesota, Jeffries and many others would be subject to arrest and trial for sedition.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:02 AM (8zz6B)

321 NOOD.

And The Bulg has nailed the First!

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

322 289 For some reason, George Clooney and 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' has come to mind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

Coming soon in Minneapolis: "Jacob Frey and the Men Who Stare at Goat's Asses."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 11:03 AM (uWKK8)

323 *So you can't buy ivermectin? *


This isn't America. This isn't even Mexico.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at January 16, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

324 >>> 312

==
IIRC, Ivermectin can have some pretty severe side effects if you take it with a lot of very common heart medications. Not making a stand myself on the issue, but I think that's part of the non-retarded part of the rationale behind it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 11:00 AM (06Hmj)

I don't think it's heart medication in general, but I've read there's an issue for people taking blood thinners (anti-stroke meds). But I am Not A Doctor, and I don't even run a Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 11:03 AM (ULPxl)

325 "To all members of the Trump administration," Jeffries wrote, "the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 16, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl)
========

Jeffries, the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, is calling federal authority and duty criminal incitement. And we are being put on notice that if our elected political leaders continue to enforce the laws of this country, exercising their CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY, then we can expect punishment for doing our duty.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2026 11:04 AM (rj6Yv)

326 These are leftist lawyers. They litigate like fags and their briefs are retarded.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState


The same people who are giving business to AI outfits whose products are made by people like them, resulting in the output being even worse than if the lawyers did the work themselves.

It's stupid all the way down, lads.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

327 Jeffries is telling federal employees some of you will be arrested if they “win” in 2028.
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Eh, they were gonna do that anyway. They were already doing that anyway. Disabuse yerself of the notion that playing nice will cause these clowns to play nice or re-think their strategy or whatever “Unconditional Surrender” has its downsides. Makes people fight harder, to the death.

Posted by: Non-Union Scabs 307 at January 16, 2026 11:04 AM (2BdZb)

328 Ohhh, ivermectin is legal in Idaho! I might have to run across the border to a drug store.

I know plenty of people who head to the border to get lottery tickets in Idaho. Even some Mormon friends of mine do it for fun on occasion, like once a year in their birthday they'll get a scratch off. I guess I'll be the one person heading to a pharmacy and not a lottery machine.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 11:06 AM (gWBY1)

329 I’m not a Doctor either, but that doesn’t mean fuck all too much these days. LOL Jayzus. Do your homework.

Ivermectin is safer than the wuhan lung rot vaccine and leftist Democrats.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2026 11:08 AM (2BdZb)

330 Where did he find one million acres of land to buy in New Mexico??

OMG. Philmont.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 16, 2026 11:19 AM (zdLoL)

331 From X
" Kyle Bass Jan 15
Time for a math problem : In the 2024 presidential election, 2,308,256 people in Oregon voted, representing a turnout rate of 75.4% among the state's 3,060,374 registered voters. 800,000 registered voters were ‘improperly registered’ voters. That means a WHOPPING 34% of votes were fraudulent. Kamala won Oregon by 321,000 votes….

Donald Trump received 919,480 votes. Kamala Harris had 1,240,600. "

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 11:30 AM (WDjG6)

332 Soooooo … this is 'Yorick', I knew him, the stupe … he was a good friend, until he became soup.

Posted by: Dr_No at January 16, 2026 11:45 AM (ayRl+)

333 I'm afraid that reminds me of the first day of basic training when my Sr Drill Instructor told me he was going to gouge out my eyeballs and skull fuck me

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 16, 2026 02:36 PM (jrgJz)

334 Jarvis?

Posted by: Ben Sears at January 16, 2026 04:26 PM (3M71d)

335 HE's DEAD JIM

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 16, 2026 06:12 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 1/16/26

WalzCapades.jpg

Good morning kids. So, President Trump has ordered a carrier strike group, spearheaded by the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed to the Middle East in response to the growing desperation of the Mullahs and their brutal repression of the anti-regime protests that might very well see the Islamic reign of terror at long last come to an end. Considering the Lincoln is off the Philippine Islands, it will take about a week before it can reach a position to conduct operations against Iran.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent noted that:

. . .senior Iranian officials are funneling their money out of the country like "rats fleeing the ship," amid escalating protests and financial unrest inside the Islamic Republic."We are now seeing the rats fleeing the ship. Because we can see tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country—snuck out of the country—by the Iranian leadership. So they are abandoning ship," Bessent said Wednesday on Newsmax.


As long as we're contemplating military action against repressive violent tyrants,, I'd rather see a carrier battle group sail up the Mississippi and conduct operations against Minneapolis.

As Tim Walz Encourages Resistance, Minnesota ‘ICE Watch’ Declares ‘Time Is Ripe To Embrace Militancy’ — The "ICE Watch" group at the center of the unruly demonstrations gripping Minneapolis urged supporters to "embrace militancy" and escalate their demands "by any means necessary." Hours later, Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D.) also encouraged residents to resist ICE, accusing the agency of carrying out a "campaign of organized brutality."

MN ICE Watch, which describes itself as an "autonomous collective documenting & resisting against ICE, police, & all colonial militarized regimes," shared an Instagram post on Wednesday teaching agitators how to relay "information on police and/or fascist" activity at demonstrations.

Millions funneled out of the country. Compared to the Somalis, the Mullahs are penny-ante operators, since the former have grifted billions!

The Minnesota Department of Human Services or the Minnesota Department of Education could not have grown that fast on their own, but what they were really doing wasn’t offering new programs announced by Walz, but managing disbursements to politically connected nonprofits, like the ones involved in the scam, which were able to threaten their personnel with the wrath of Attorney General Keith X. Ellison and other local and state officials if they objected to anything.
While Gov. Tim Walz and other officials claimed that they were implementing ‘programs’, what they were actually doing was building political piggy banks for their allies. Fraud was baked in because the real purpose of outsourcing what were supposed to be government programs to third parties was to subsidize the ‘community groups’ that turn out voters for their campaigns.
The nationwide networks of community groups are really a voter outreach and turnout operation for the Democratic Party funded with taxpayer money. For an example of how that worked, consider the role that one single non-profit played in the political careers of Kamala Harris, the former vice president, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely presidential candidate.

Hey, you don't have to be no William Allen White from Emporia KS to know that the aforementioned "ICE Watch" and probably every other crackpot anti-American commie front group is getting tons of taxpayer dough re mi in exchange for fomenting revolution and of course election thievery! Well you can't get the former without first getting the latter, nein?

“I think there are some reasonable members, but basically it will be cutting off again that, you know, constant flow of money that they’ve used to purchase votes through the years,” she told Marlow, “but the attention that the Minnesota fraud scandal has gotten has really given us legs once again. So it will put some of them in a very difficult position, but it’s absolutely necessary to do this.”


How much longer are we going to put up with this?!

A grinning anti-ICE agitator was arrested after she allegedly punched a Florida state trooper during a confrontation with federal agents — drawing a blunt warning from Gov. Ron DeSantis that the Sunshine State “is not Minneapolis.” Jennifer Cruz was arrested outside Mi Pueblo, a Mexican grocery store and meat market in Jacksonville, Tuesday morning after she allegedly jumped out of her car and punched a state trooper in the face while officers were working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a post on X. “Jennifer disagrees with immigration enforcement and decided to commit a few felonies by getting out of her car and punching a trooper in the face,” Uthmeier wrote.


Unlike the infamous Michael Brown of Hands Up Don't Shoot mythology, who slugged police officer Darren Wilson in the face while resisting arrest by attempting to take his gun and shoot the policeman rather than get arrested, and the rest as they say is history - - this filthy degenerate slag just cold-cocked a cop in the face because she knew she could get away with it, despite her fellow Democrat stormtrooper Renee Good getting ventilated last week. After that, law enforcement officers know that they face extermination if they dare do the unthinkable and defend themselves.

It's gotten to the point where Leftists and their mediawhore propagandists are proclaiming that law enforcement doing its job is the real crime and cause of all the violence.

I've had it. I won't be satisfied until Walz's pinhead is on a pike and the Democrat Party and its allies cease to exist or are otherwise removed from the national discourse.

Andrew Breitbart may his memory be for a blessing when he declared "Fuck You, War!" Expressed it perfectly, except the Left have been waging war against us for decades and it is high time WE THE PEOPLE resist, fight back and Win absolute victory. Amen.

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1

Early doctor's appointment for the wife. Have a great weekend, all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:16 AM (x0n13)

2 Very early today, J.J.

May your wife have a good appointment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

3
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 06:23 AM (tljrc)

4
The European Space Agency and China hold the first joint meeting in almost a decade

The European Space Agency is the Kaboom! of astronomical exploration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:26 AM (tgvbd)

5 Frog march ol Frogmouth.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

6 I've had it. I won't be satisfied until Walz's pinhead is on a pike and the Democrat Party and its allies cease to exist or are otherwise removed from the national discourse.

Sadly, JJ, you probably will never be satisfied then. Without a collapse of some sort, they'll never go away and the GOPe will certainly never help get rid of them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 06:30 AM (uQesX)

7 Yonder Horde

Up and at 'em...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 06:32 AM (U2OZr)

8 6 Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 06:30 AM (uQesX)

I fear you are correct, but I said what I said and that's that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:32 AM (x0n13)

9 Black Panthers In Philly Threaten To *Pew, Pew* ICE Agents

So the Black Nationalist Marxists are now going to bat for the Latino and Asian illegals?

OK, I didn't have that on the 2026 Bingo card, but whatever.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

10
Actually, the European Space Agency is just like most European endeavors: mingy, undersized, struggling, yet pointed to by Europeans with unaccountable pride.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)

11 We are going to trace these assets, and they will not be able to keep them," he continued.

I was wondering about that. If we see them moving money, we should just take it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 06:34 AM (uQesX)

12 Morning all. Still in the ER.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:34 AM (GK5Hx)

13 "In a late-December ruling, the Eighth Circuit set an example for challenging ideological bullying in public employment."

I only heard a minute of Errorick Erroriickson's show two days ago because that's all I can stand, but he called PDT a bully. I get the feeling that Erroriickson spent a lot of time with his head in a toilet as a teen.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

14 Dang rickb223, I hope you'll be ok.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

15
*tiredly leans forward, putting forearms on desk*

Is this a Minnesota problem or a Twin Cities problem? Trump lost the state by 4 percent in 2024. Which likely means he won an honest vote. I don't think everyone there went nuts at the same time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

16
Black Panthers In Philly Threaten To *Pew, Pew* ICE Agents

The Black Panthers are just a glorified crew.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:38 AM (tgvbd)

17 9 Black Panthers In Philly Threaten To *Pew, Pew* ICE Agents

So the Black Nationalist Marxists are now going to bat for the Latino and Asian illegals?

OK, I didn't have that on the 2026 Bingo card, but whatever.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)


Who knew the Panthers were still around more than 60 years later?!!! Well, violent racialism pays even better than I thought.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:38 AM (x0n13)

18 Who knew the Panthers were still around more than 60 years later?!!! Well, violent racialism pays even better than I thought.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:38 AM (x0n13)

Well, the Democrat party is still around after two hundred....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 06:40 AM (uQesX)

19 12 Morning all. Still in the ER.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:34 AM (GK5Hx)


Oh no! Hope you get well and get on your way home soon!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:41 AM (x0n13)

20 Dang rickb223, I hope you'll be ok.
Posted by: fd

Some kind of severe back spasm. Been 13 hours now.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:41 AM (GK5Hx)

21 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 06:41 AM (RIvkX)

22 "Some kind of severe back spasm. Been 13 hours now.
Posted by: rickb223"

Ow. I hope you get some relief soon.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

23
Hope they see you soon and can do something for you, rickb.

Last year, my shoulder was hurting so badly that I left church even before Mass started and went to the ER. Luckily it was early Sunday morning and no one was waiting.

In the examining room, they commented on how I was dressed. I replied, "Doesn't everyone come to the ER in a coat and tie?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:44 AM (tgvbd)

24 The Covid scam was the cause of much of this fraud. It was a perfect storm for the Dem. Too perfect, even.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

25 This part; MN ICE Watch, which describes itself as an MN ICE Watch, which describes itself as an "autonomous collective documenting & resisting against ICE, police, & all colonial militarized regimes,"
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Sounds authentically communist.

Neville Roy Singham, an American born billionaire living in Singapore is one individual identified as funding the anti-ICE protests. The administration might want to black bag that fucker today. The Lincoln carrier strike group is in the area. Seems like an opportunity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 06:44 AM (U2OZr)

26
"autonomous collective documenting & resisting against ICE, police, & all colonial militarized regimes,"

That's some genuine communist gibberish right there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:46 AM (tgvbd)

27 Some kind of severe back spasm. Been 13 hours now.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:41 AM (GK5Hx)

Had same thing last month. Probably not as severe as you, but everyone once in a while I couldn't move. Urgent care gave me an anti-inflammatory and it went away in a few hours. Hopefully it's something that can be solved by that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 06:46 AM (uQesX)

28 . . .senior Iranian officials are funneling their money out of the country like "rats fleeing the ship,"...
=====

The firmest possible sign this 47 year nightmare is to be concluded soon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 06:46 AM (RIvkX)

29 I said "cause" but it should be "enabled". Now that the fraud has been normalized it is considered by many to be a "right".

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

30 I don't know how things are these days, but when I lived in the world of academia, if you got a grant for a research project from NSF, DARPA, ARL, whoever, and you took the majority of that grant money and spent it on something else, you'd be in very, very big trouble with a capital F.

But in the world of grants for "Muh Cumyoonity", that's effectively standard practice. The Community Development Project gets 3 million from USAID. They keep half a mil and give the rest to the Development Project for Communities, who then keep their half a mil and give the rest to the Development for Community-ing Projects, who keep their half mil, and give the rest to the Wave Some Signs And Commit All The Arson Fund.

What? Our government is funding the WSSACATA? That's crazy talk. You just hate Communities.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 06:50 AM (06Hmj)

31 "As long as we're contemplating military action against repressive violent tyrants,, I'd rather see a carrier battle group sail up the Mississippi and conduct operations against Minneapolis."

Indeed. We live here and will gladly avoid the 3rd Amendment and house you ICE folks 40 miles out of town where things are Normal.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 16, 2026 06:51 AM (mNOhh)

32 rickb a prayer for complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

33
I don't know how things are these days, but when I lived in the world of academia, if you got a grant for a research project from NSF, DARPA, ARL, whoever, and you took the majority of that grant money and spent it on something else, you'd be in very, very big trouble with a capital F

How much do universities skim off as overhead and does that percentage really reflect the departmental burden on operations? Or is it mostly to fund useless programs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

34 ."We are now seeing the rats fleeing the ship. Because we can see tens of millions of dollars Obama Bucks being wired out of the country—snuck out of the country—by the Iranian leadership. So they are abandoning ship," Bessent said Wednesday on Newsmax.


Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 16, 2026 06:54 AM (HTCU3)

35 Hunter is not paying child support to his stripper baby mama. I wonder if he is really broke yet.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

36 At Texoma Medical Center. Big assed kidney stone. Not going home today. Dilauded onboard. Yay me.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:54 AM (GK5Hx)

37 I was getting some pretty gnarly back muscle problems a while ago and just chalked it up to being 29 for too long.

Turns out it was just the seat in my new truck wasn't adjusted well for my several hours a day I had to drive.

There's a chance your problems might just be ergonomic in nature. Car seat, office chair, anywhere you get stuck sitting in a bad position for hours on end, day after day.

Obviously not a diagnosis, just a thing to consider.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 06:56 AM (06Hmj)

38 Moronin', Hourde!

Up so early on your birthday, JJ?

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at January 16, 2026 06:56 AM (kmSxS)

39 36 At Texoma Medical Center. Big assed kidney stone. Not going home today. Dilauded onboard. Yay me.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:54 AM (GK5Hx)

OK, so it's not your chair then.

Unless your chair is made out of pure oxalic acid crystal.

And you nibble on it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 06:58 AM (06Hmj)

40 Its Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 06:58 AM (gbOdA)

41 How much do universities skim off as overhead and does that percentage really reflect the departmental burden on operations? Or is it mostly to fund useless programs?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)
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It used to be about 50%. However, recent government regulations have reduced the cap to 15% can be skimmed off the top by the university for "administrative overhead."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 06:58 AM (ESVrU)

42 rickb, praying for you.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 16, 2026 06:59 AM (x8PQF)

43 Thank you

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 06:59 AM (GK5Hx)

44 Remember - all dealers that sell Desoto also sell Plymouth

Posted by: Chrysler Corporation at January 16, 2026 07:00 AM (W8kN7)

45 > don't know how things are these days, but when I lived in the world of academia, if you got a grant for a research project from NSF, DARPA, ARL, whoever, and you took the majority of that grant money and spent it on something else, you'd be in very, very big trouble with a capital F
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I worked with a bunch of scientists at a marine research lab. FedGov. They were always scamming educational facilities for grants by having grad-students sign on for a multi-year gig counting plankton or some such crap.

They'd take the money and go to "seminars" in far away places like China, Russia, obscure land-locked, third world shit holes. For discussions on marine life.

In a place 1000 miles from any ocean.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:00 AM (U2OZr)

46 Big assed kidney stone.
=====

Arming phasers!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

47 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 16, 2026 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)

48 OK, so it's not your chair then.

Unless your chair is made out of pure oxalic acid crystal.

And you nibble on it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko


The nurse had just come in. But I hear you. It hit on the 2 hour drive home. Started right after I left work.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 07:01 AM (GK5Hx)

49
Big assed kidney stone.

*picks up baseball bat*

*takes aim at rickb's back*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)

50 If Trump pulls back on Iran I will have lost a lot of respect for him. Act like an Obama, I'll give you what I gave Obama.

He talks too much in any case. In this case his tongue will have cost innocent lives.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

51 Never, ever look at a kidney stone under a magnifying glass.

Ouch.

Posted by: Urethra Franklin at January 16, 2026 07:05 AM (n+1Zi)

52 G'morning, all!

Kidney stones HURT like a MoFo.

Prayers for relief soon.

Sproinged my back two days ago helping a neighbor install a hanging garage rack, and then move some furniture for a church member.

Pain is beginning to subside, and I can stand up unassisted. But the transition from sitting to standing is painful.

Oh...and 21.9 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2026 07:06 AM (iMotb)

53 ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 16, 2026 07:07 AM (WQDw6)

54 JJ, hope your wife's appointment goes well.

rickb hope your back issue gets attended to soon and it's got a boring cause and simple remedy.

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at January 16, 2026 07:08 AM (9AdGW)

55 "ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame"

Oh no!!


Anyway......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2026 07:09 AM (iMotb)

56 Big assed kidney stone.

*picks up baseball bat*

*takes aim at rickb's back*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Had that done in 93 on the left side.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 07:09 AM (GK5Hx)

57 53 ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 16, 2026 07:07 AM (WQDw6)

"Why did you have real tear gas" they whine as their buddy collapses on the floor blind and choking for air.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 07:10 AM (06Hmj)

58 Never, ever look at a kidney stone under a magnifying glass.

Ouch.
Posted by: Urethra Franklin at January 16, 2026 07:05 AM (n+1Zi)
====

Especially if yours is narrow

Posted by: Hank Hill at January 16, 2026 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

59 Damn kidney stones hurt like hell! Hope they give you the good stuff and can blast that bugger!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at January 16, 2026 07:11 AM (9AdGW)

60 > "ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame"

Oh no!!


Anyway......
---------
If it's the first use.... what took them so long?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:11 AM (U2OZr)

61 Damn kidney stones hurt like hell! Hope they give you the good stuff and can blast that bugger!
Posted by: Hans O'Lo


Dilaudid. But not a lot.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 07:13 AM (GK5Hx)

62 50 If Trump pulls back on Iran I will have lost a lot of respect for him. Act like an Obama, I'll give you what I gave Obama.

He talks too much in any case. In this case his tongue will have cost innocent lives.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

I really think he's stuck trying to figure out how to help the situation without looking like he's helping the situation too much.

Any new government will be kneecapped by looking like an externally installed American puppet, so he can't come out swinging for anyone.

Any military action to support the situation directly is going to look like Regime Change Classic, which half of his base is violently allergic to.

Maralogology has rules just like Kremlinology. When Trump speaks definitively, you can usually believe it. When Trump speaks conditionally, going in circles, seeming to contradict what he's doing or says he wants to do, saying things that sound counterintuitive, it's because the world is full of newsface piranhas that he has to distract with nonsense so he can do his job.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 07:15 AM (06Hmj)

63 Because we can see tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country—snuck out of the country—by the Iranian leadership. So they are abandoning ship," Bessent said Wednesday on Newsmax.
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A couple of things:
1. That's not "sneaking." You don't "sneak" away with lights on and sirens blaring. It *might* be "fleeing," but it ain't "sneaking." Sneaking would be unmarked planes with loads of cash and jewels in the hold and mullahs upstairs, flying out as any other flight.
2. Tens of millions of dollars is a lot at retail, but not at wholesale. Somali cash mules were moving this much per month through Minneapolis on their way to more exotic locales. "Tens of millions" is either a mopping up operation (getting the last bits, which are scattered around) or individual action. What's the normal transaction volume? Is the current rate of money movement higher or lower than the pre-crisis baseline, or the early-crisis baseline?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:17 AM (GyQIQ)

64 Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2026 07:15 AM (06Hmj)
====

I don't disagree with any of that either.

However, I hear things from the administration about Gaza, about Qatar, and about Iran that are based not on realpolitik but about "art of the deal."

Trump and his people think they can finesse the Arabs and they are wrong.

Posted by: Hank Hill at January 16, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

65 While Gov. Tim Walz and other officials claimed that they were implementing ‘programs’, what they were actually doing was building political piggy banks for their allies. Fraud was baked in because the real purpose of outsourcing what were supposed to be government programs to third parties was to subsidize the ‘community groups’ that turn out voters for their campaigns.
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Duh. This is SOP. It's all money laundering. The mistake was being so brazen and stupid about it. But what the writer here fails to realize is that this is what "implementing programs" *means.*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:19 AM (GyQIQ)

66 /my urethra is wide enough thank you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

67 Jennifer Cruz was arrested outside Mi Pueblo, a Mexican grocery store and meat market in Jacksonville, Tuesday morning after she allegedly jumped out of her car and punched a state trooper in the face while officers were working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
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Wife material, for sure. It must be just great being her kid.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:20 AM (GyQIQ)

68
ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 16, 2026 07:07 AM


I voted for this

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 07:20 AM (tljrc)

69 ICE is using tear gas in Minneapolis.
That's a shame
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 16, 2026 07:07 AM (WQDw6)
++++
Pretty tame, given the rioting. We're *days* into this thing and they're just now getting to tear gas?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:22 AM (GyQIQ)

70 Pretty tame, given the rioting. We're *days* into this thing and they're just now getting to tear gas?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:22 AM (GyQIQ)
====

Yeah! Where's that nosebleed ray they used in Caracas??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

71 ICE needs to get those water cannon trucks like the Dirty Frogs have. Pull up, hose down the marxists, watch them turn into a block of ice, drive off.

Posted by: Mr. Freeze at January 16, 2026 07:26 AM (n+1Zi)

72 > Pretty tame, given the rioting. We're *days* into this thing and they're just now getting to tear gas?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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I wondered about that @ #60.

I'm not sure if it was an ICE policy, DHS policy or what... regarding the use if tear gas.

IMO we're way, way past tear gas.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:27 AM (U2OZr)

73 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

74 Pretty tame, given the rioting. We're *days* into this thing and they're just now getting to tear gas?
——-

I like how “authorities” or the mayor will invoke a curfew usually several days after the mob has reduced the city center to a smoking ruin. Classic

Posted by: Chrysler Corporation at January 16, 2026 07:30 AM (W8kN7)

75 Tim Walz is a bought and paid for enemy of the state. And the Country.

He needs to rot in a third-world shithole prison amongst his somali peers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:30 AM (BSdIE)

76
ICE needs to get those water cannon trucks like the Dirty Frogs have. Pull up, hose down the marxists, watch them turn into a block of ice, drive off.

Posted by: Mr. Freeze at January 16, 2026 07:26 AM


endorsed

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 07:30 AM (tljrc)

77 The old ways are the best ways. Give them the hose.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at January 16, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

78 You always do the most interesting mashup of photos for the morning news, JJ! Where on earth did you find that skater pic?

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:33 AM (gWBY1)

79 I like how “authorities” or the mayor will invoke a curfew usually several days after the mob has reduced the city center to a smoking ruin. Classic
Posted by: Chrysler Corporation at January 16, 2026 07:30 AM (W8kN7)
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The US has always been oddly tolerant of rioting. It's kind of our thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:34 AM (GyQIQ)

80 78 You always do the most interesting mashup of photos for the morning news, JJ! Where on earth did you find that skater pic?
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:33 AM (gWBY1)


Just a Bing search for Ice Capades

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 07:35 AM (x0n13)

81 The soldier wall of coverage out of Minneapolis is designed by our enenies to turn our attention away from Iran.

Posted by: Rip N Eead at January 16, 2026 07:35 AM (JUson)

82 >"..He needs to rot in a third-world shithole prison amongst his somali peers."

I dunno.. seeing him tossed off of a Somali rooftop with the other 'undesirables' because he backed the wrong tribe with his graft would be deeply gratifying.

Posted by: Dawnbringer at January 16, 2026 07:35 AM (koFAO)

83 Typo. I meant solid not soldier

Posted by: Rip N Eead at January 16, 2026 07:36 AM (JUson)

84 Also, Jasmine Crockett might just not be gaining traction in her own senate primary? A white-bread liberal man who pretends to be a sane lefty might take it? Let the pearl clutching commence.

"Democrats Dump Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Primary, Back Rival James Talarico Instead

Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) has taken a clear lead over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate, according to new polling released Thursday.

The Emerson College Polling / Nexstar Media Group survey shows Talarico ahead by nine points among likely Democrat primary voters, 47 percent to 38 percent, with 15 percent undecided. The winner will face Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in November."

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:36 AM (gWBY1)

85 The US has always been oddly tolerant of rioting. It's kind of our thing.
——-
After the 1970s. Prior to that, definitely not.

Posted by: Chrysler Corporation at January 16, 2026 07:36 AM (W8kN7)

86 Well I love it, JJ. Walz wishes his legs looked that good! And I love the morning puns.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:37 AM (gWBY1)

87 So Gavin Newsom had Ben Shapiro as a guest on his podcast.

Kudos for bravery in allowing Ben Shapiro to make a fool of you on your own show. Bravo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

88 I'm sure there are commenters here, or will be here later who can opine on the Insurrection Act and whether all the legal hoops and hurdles have been checked off to keep it's implementation from being tied up by the judicial coup.

From my limited research, it appears it has.

But I wonder if this is part of the reason the Act hasn't been implemented. At least not yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:39 AM (U2OZr)

89 So Gavin Newsom had Ben Shapiro as a guest on his podcast.

Kudos for bravery in allowing Ben Shapiro to make a fool of you on your own show. Bravo.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
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Any prominent or effective non-communist who grants an interview to any news organization in the country goes through more hostility and continuous twisting and lying, and does it at least once a week.

Amazing, eh? A communist letting a mainstream conservative podcaster interview him is big news because it's so rare. A non-communist entering the lion's den every day isn't even notable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:40 AM (GyQIQ)

90 > "..Kudos for bravery in allowing Ben Shapiro to make a fool of you on your own show. "

To be fair, Newscum did most of the heavy lifting. Shapiro just pointed the way..

Posted by: Dawnbringer at January 16, 2026 07:40 AM (koFAO)

91 https://youtu.be/OSYHcZtI4-E

Very entertaining short clip

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

92 Deport Them All
Reclaim the Fraud
Arrest the Crooks

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 16, 2026 07:42 AM (HvW4E)

93 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:43 AM (77rzZ)

94
It is highly agreeable on a cold day to put on clothes warm right out of the dryer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:45 AM (tgvbd)

95 It is highly agreeable on a cold day to put on clothes warm right out of the dryer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:45 AM (tgvbd)
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One of life's little joys.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:45 AM (GyQIQ)

96 >"..But I wonder if this is part of the reason the Act hasn't been implemented. At least not yet."

They're making mid-term ads for the GOP right now. Trump will pull the plug when they have enough footage..

Posted by: Dawnbringer at January 16, 2026 07:46 AM (koFAO)

97 To President Trump: Dear God, no more warnings please just invoke the insurrection act and clear out the terrorist scum in Minneapolis already. The fat gay gasbag Tim Walz needs to be arrested yesterday. Just do it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 07:48 AM (k0PcD)

98 No more, please, I'm full.

Posted by: the troll's jerksock at January 16, 2026 07:48 AM (Q+gd/)

99 No more, please, I'm full.
Posted by: the troll's jerksock at January 16, 2026 07:48 AM (Q+gd/)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:49 AM (GyQIQ)

100 "The Fog Of Trump: How Unpredictability Keeps Iran Guessing"

And everyone else including the globalists - emphasis on the republican establishment.

It is only unpredictability for globalists as Trump is openly retreating from the Empire and the establishment really does not like their grift being ripped from them. Take note Bank of England as you are being outfoxed by the minute.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 16, 2026 07:49 AM (mNOhh)

101 Ben will all of a sudden become a moderate now and then go back on his show when Gavin runs for president and suggest that Gavin is a threat to the republic. This is a pattern with this subhuman. He always acts so reasonable with somebody worthwhile in person, and then goes back on his show and rips democrats in the most ruthless, dishonest, and mean spirited way possible.

Can't believe Ben put on the kneepads and finally worshipped at the throne of Gav. Gavin dumpsters Ben in this. Like when Ben tried to bring up immigration and sanctuary cities, Newsom just wrecked him on a factual basis.

Newsom did great! He handled Israel and Trans Issues and California bashing very well. Im even more all in on him for President. Ben said "Secretary of Defense" and not "Secretary of War" lol

MF bending over backwards for a washed up pundit I could stuff in a locker. Shapiro is literally Kirk with slightly better decorum.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 16, 2026 07:49 AM (ycI94)

102 >>> The US has always been oddly tolerant of rioting. It's kind of our thing.

"Walking through town is quite scary, It's not very sensible either, A friend of a friend he got beaten, He looked the wrong way at a policeman, Would never have happened to Smeaton, An Old Leodensian

La... la, la, la, la, la
Ah... la, la, la, la, la

I predict a riot
I predict a riot
I predict a riot
I predict a riot

I tried to get to my taxi, The man in a tracksuit attacks me, He said that he saw it before me
And wants to get things a bit gory
Girls scrabble 'round with no clothes on, To borrow a pound for a condom, If it wasn't for chip fat they'd be frozen, They're not very sensible

La... la, la, la, la, la
Ah... la, la, la, la, la

I predict a riot
I predict a riot
I predict a riot
I predict a riot"

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:49 AM (gWBY1)

103 Good luck rick.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:49 AM (viF8m)

104 Man found guilty of lesser charges in SF death of 'Grandpa Vicha'
By Matthew Tom,
Homepage editor
Jan 15, 2026.

A 24-year-old man was acquitted of murder in the death of "Grandpa Vicha" Ratanapakdee, who died after being attacked in San Francisco in 2021. Antoine Watson, who was also charged with elder abuse, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and assault. -SFGate
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This is what passes for "justice" in this sh*thole state.

Vicha was a Thai American elder who was killed after being forcefully tackled to the ground in a random daylight attack in San Francisco in 2021.

I used to enjoy walking by his house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

105 Well as long as they were polked about it -that's good. I am looking forward to the mudterms. Go rakify yourself a***man

Posted by: AliasJonesJones at January 16, 2026 07:51 AM (ix8EF)

106 May I suggest using your nightsticks, officers, to justly defend yourselves when crazy bints decide to step way over the line and try to punch you in the face!

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at January 16, 2026 07:52 AM (wVcYX)

107 Josh Hawley is a scumbag. That is all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 07:52 AM (ZkbES)

108 Newsom is both idiot and jackass. There's is reason that in the thousands of years of recorded human civilization parents have exerted guardianship over children - and that is to protect them, most especially from themselves.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2026 07:54 AM (+Zbod)

109 JJ can rafiky oveook the far more repression of Saudi Rabia. Then in Iran.
When will the USA decide to think America First !


In last poll 75% of Americans polked against taking Greenland

Trump is a dictator he must be stopped at the mudterms
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Absolutely adorable!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

110 >>To President Trump: Dear God, no more warnings please just invoke the insurrection act and clear out the terrorist scum in Minneapolis already. The fat gay gasbag Tim Walz needs to be arrested yesterday. Just do it

Tom Homan was on with Ingraham last night. He was smiling like the Cheshire Cat describing how every arrest they were making was helping them plot the money and leadership flow of these fake riots. He claims they already have a very good idea who is behind all of this and they plan to take appropriate action.

I'm sure it won't be enough for every head on piker but he didn't sound like he was bluffing. I think he wants payback more than we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:54 AM (viF8m)

111 I see JJ is having fun with ASS posts today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 07:55 AM (ZkbES)

112 Can’t believe they’re rebooting The Rockford Files. The whole “rebooting” phenomenon needs to die, now.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (77rzZ)

113 I'm sure there are commenters here, or will be here later who can opine on the Insurrection Act and whether all the legal hoops and hurdles have been checked off to keep it's implementation from being tied up by the judicial coup.

From my limited research, it appears it has.

But I wonder if this is part of the reason the Act hasn't been implemented. At least not yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:39 AM


The democrats want Trump to invoke the act, they are salivating at the thought that he might just commit political suicide for republicans and give the dems a blue wave in november by invoking the act.


Think about it, Trump finally becomes the "imperial" president that they have been claiming he was.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (0N4FZ)

114 It is highly agreeable on a cold day to put on clothes warm right out of the dryer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:45 AM (tgvbd)
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One of life's little joys.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 07:45 AM (GyQIQ)

The episode where Kramer learned this joy and started cooking his clothes in Jerry’s oven to get the same effect LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (5MZNC)

115 I'm sure it won't be enough for every head on piker but he didn't sound like he was bluffing. I think he wants payback more than we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:54 AM (viF8m)

Why let them know?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (uQesX)

116 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle.

Perhaps they're confused. After all, it works in all the girl boss movies.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

117 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2026 07:57 AM (53oGX)

118 Nightsticks are always a good choice, but (given that it is winter in Minneapolis), may I suggest water cannons?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 07:58 AM (ZkbES)

119 Can’t believe they’re rebooting The Rockford Files. The whole “rebooting” phenomenon needs to die, now.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (77rzZ)

It will not be Rockford. It will not be fun. It will not be good.

It will show the intellectual barrenness of Hollywood.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 07:58 AM (uQesX)

120 Your new vocabulary word: "hawala". It's how the money laundering in Minnesota works.

Background here:
https://tinyurl.com/yc5szwmw

More here:
https://tinyurl.com/3kzm64ye

The second article (which is pro-Somali) says it's being facilitated by an unnamed bank in Minnesota. DataRepublican believes it's a bank that was created by the state, apparently around the time the Somalis started showing up. She can't prove it yet though.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 07:58 AM (UmGiD)

121 There is no way the delusional wokesters at Reddit are correct about Newsome schooling, Ben right? For all his flaws, Ben is a master debater. Gavin couldn't even handle a little bit of pushback and criticism from a blue collar comedian. (Carolla is whip smart and irreverent to sacred cows like Newsome, he's fab, but you get what I mean.)

No way Newsome beats a Charlie Kirk, a Carolla, or Ben in a debate. Wonder why he's actually doing this. His ego can't take any pushback that he's not the greatest ever.

Crap, am I gonna have to watch his stupid podcast to see Ben fight him? I don't want to give him eyeballs and sponsor clicks.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:59 AM (gWBY1)

122 > Tom Homan was on with Ingraham last night. He was smiling like the Cheshire Cat describing how every arrest they were making was helping them plot the money and leadership flow of these fake riots. He claims they already have a very good idea who is behind all of this and they plan to take appropriate action.
----------
Three names keep popping up with regards to funding the anti-ICE riots:
Neville Roy Singham
Soros
Reid Hoffman

I would presume the administration has more "than an idea" as to who's funding the riots.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:00 AM (U2OZr)

123 Why let them know?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (uQesX)

Because that's when mistakes are made - it's the panic that is the gift that keeps on giving

Posted by: Boswell at January 16, 2026 08:00 AM (BGfwC)

124
Wholley Kau!

That the first 20 seconds or so of the new Star Trek preview clip made me laugh!

Fat, ugly lesbians, who aren't yet shot in the face by ICE, have you got a show designed for you!

Go watch morons. Just the first 20 seconds and start your day off with your day off with a good laugh.

You're welcome!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 08:00 AM (iJfKG)

125 The second article (which is pro-Somali) says it's being facilitated by an unnamed bank in Minnesota. DataRepublican believes it's a bank that was created by the state, apparently around the time the Somalis started showing up. She can't prove it yet though.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 07:58 AM (UmGiD)
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Boy, I hope this turns out to be true. If Minnesota fraud operators couldn't even find a bank to launder their money and had to open their own to do it, that would speak volumes. If the same folks who hand out credit cards and bank accounts to Mr. No Name Given and facilitate massive remittances of drug money refused to operate Minnesota's scheme, that is pretty damning LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:01 AM (GyQIQ)

126 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle.

Perhaps they're confused. After all, it works in all the girl boss movies.


Any day now one of them will start shrieking about how this never happened to Rey or She-Hulk and it's going to be amazing. The arresting officer may literally die laughing.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 08:01 AM (UmGiD)

127 To President Trump: Dear God, no more warnings please just invoke the insurrection act and clear out the terrorist scum in Minneapolis already. The fat gay gasbag Tim Walz needs to be arrested yesterday. Just do it

Trump would rather see his agents get beaten up and gunned down rather than do that. I really believe that Trump only wants to visit America's Wrath on its foreign enemies, and VERY targeted , scalpel vs broadsword.

He probably knows that giving the Left any optics of real seriousness will jeopardize the whole operation - like the GOP doing what they normally do in the face of an Alpha Male taking charge and getting things done - they will urinate in their panties and cling to the safety of the Left's shock troops.

The villain here is Kash Patel. Here he has at his disposal goons who could make arrests like they did to the J6 "rioters". He won't do it, because he doesn't want to do it. He would rather be their BFF than be a leader.

Trump needs a war time consigliere, what he has is a DEI hire in the FBI and a Green Room Queen in DOJ

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:01 AM (a4flb)

128 It Will Be Marco Rubio In 2028

Marco Rubio was a far, far, worse Senator for much longer than he' been a good SoS.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

129
The episode where Kramer learned this joy and started cooking his clothes in Jerry’s oven to get the same effect LoL
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM



Or a pizza oven:
https://youtu.be/f9H24AXrXRk

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

130 >>>I dunno.. seeing him tossed off of a Somali rooftop with the other 'undesirables' because he backed the wrong tribe with his graft would be deeply gratifying.

Posted by: Dawnbringer

>Walz defrauding his constituency and the waterheads of Minnesota, I don't care about. But the American taxpayer on a federal level?

He needs to go down.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (BSdIE)

131 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle.

Perhaps they're confused. After all, it works in all the girl boss movies.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)
====
Adam Carolla has been talking a lot about this lately. His theory is simple. Most women have not been socialized in using violence and so are unable to calibrate its use and their reaction to it. Most boys grow up with rough and tumble play, and know their capabilities, limits, and tolerances. Girls do not, and therefore women do not understand violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

132 Great picture of Trump signing a bill for dairy farming the other day, surrounded by families with little girls. Not a one of whom was sniffed.

Sometimes it's the little things that can make you happy Biden is gone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (ZkbES)

133 Because that's when mistakes are made - it's the panic that is the gift that keeps on giving
Posted by: Boswell at January 16, 2026 08:00 AM (BGfwC)

Your lower level maybe. Seems to me the big guys wouldn't panic, but try to lessen their exposure.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:03 AM (uQesX)

134 So the Black Nationalist Marxists are now going to bat for the Latino and Asian illegals?"

Yeah, no. I've seen this same "allegation" floating around, and just laugh. The hardcore SA gangsters + black panthers? That's a hollyweird fantasy. In real life, they'll be ventilating each other.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)

135 >>Why let them know?

They are uncovering billions of dollars of fraud not just in Minnesota but in other Democrat states as well and it appears to be connected. They are surging DOJ assets to MN, OH and other states following the money and building cases.

Do you really think they don't know already? Why do you think they are setting up these riots including having guys like Walz and Frey cheer them on?

The riots are a distraction to keep people from focusing on the corruption. The corruption didn't just funnel huge amounts of money to illegals and Democrat politicians it bought them votes to win elections they never would have won without it.

Biden didn't flood the US with millions of illegals out of compassion. It was all about money and power. This is a lot bigger than just sending Ahmed and Juan home.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:05 AM (viF8m)

136 This Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All
________
No. Just no.

I am sick of all these reboots and "reimaginings".

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 08:05 AM (s0JqF)

137 Can’t believe they’re rebooting The Rockford Files. The whole “rebooting” phenomenon needs to die, now.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:56 AM (77rzZ)

It’s so stupid; it won’t work for a whole myriad of reasons, chief among them they can’t get James Garner as the lead, nor Noah Beery Jr and Stuart Margolin as supporting cast. Those actors made the original

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:05 AM (5MZNC)

138 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle."

Also - it's tough to generate much sympathy for, well... chunky women. Who clearly aren't "starving" or "concerned about feeding the kidlets"

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:05 AM (XuXeR)

139 Can’t believe they’re rebooting The Rockford Files. The whole “rebooting” phenomenon needs to die, now.

Hopefully Rockford will be a colored dwarf who is transitioning and living in a lean-to on the street where his dad, Rocky, helps out by panhandling on the corner when not giving blowjobs in the Family Dollar parking lot.

Posted by: TV Land, 2026 at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (n+1Zi)

140 The second article (which is pro-Somali) says it's being facilitated by an unnamed bank in Minnesota.

If true, it would be a laugh riot, if not so serious, if the bank was FDIC insured.

It would be appropriate, having a corrupt and rogue bank being backed up like Silicon Valley Bank with tax payer money.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)

141 Your lower level maybe. Seems to me the big guys wouldn't panic, but try to lessen their exposure.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:03 AM (uQesX)

Also, there is nothing so sweet as the sweat generated from learning that those getting caught are singing like a canary - and that also keeps these folks from just getting out and returning to the criminal flock...

Posted by: Boswell at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (BGfwC)

142 Marco Rubio was a far, far, worse Senator for much longer than he' been a good SoS.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)
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It might be that he found his place. I don't want Rubio as president. I don't think he'd be very good at it. I didn't think so when he ran the first time and as much as I like what Rubio has been doing - and I do, he's been great - I still think so.

I think Rubio is a spectacular SoS and general minister. I would love to see Rubio continue at State, or as a "minister without portfolio" for a pipe-swinging administration. Dude's a stud, but I don't think he'll make a great president. Or, at least, he will be nowhere near as good a president as he is at State and his other hats.

I think similarly, in some ways, of Bush 43. Had Bush 43 been at State instead of in the big chair, things might have worked out better. Bush was not a total retard on foreign policy. He had a perspective I no longer particularly like, but it was also a different time and he was well-suited to that milieu. He just shouldn't have been at the Resolute Desk.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (GyQIQ)

143 @114 Mister Scott-so in the face of actual insurrection Trump should do nothing? Maybe the inverse is true, do nothing and get blown out for the mid terms because you did nothing so conservatives say F it and stay home?

Trump AND you......all of us here at AOS are nazis, cultists, subhuman in the eyes of the left already, hence why they have no apprehension at calling for our deaths and killing some of us like Charlie Kirk. You do comprehend that, right?

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (IlL6s)

144 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX

I find it hard to imagine myself jumping out of my car and punching someone I didn't know about a policy I didn't like and then giggling about it. I hope I never get that deranged.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (ix8EF)

145 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle.

Perhaps they're confused. After all, it works in all the girl boss movies.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)
====
Adam Carolla has been talking a lot about this lately. His theory is simple. Most women have not been socialized in using violence and so are unable to calibrate its use and their reaction to it. Most boys grow up with rough and tumble play, and know their capabilities, limits, and tolerances. Girls do not, and therefore women do not understand violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

I blame the prohibition against playing Dodgeball in elementary school. A girl gets nailed by a frozen rope thrown by an athletic boy and everybody notices.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2026 08:07 AM (wVcYX)

146 Crap, am I gonna have to watch his stupid podcast to see Ben fight him? I don't want to give him eyeballs and sponsor clicks.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:59 AM (gWBY1)
====

The clip I posted is short and humorous

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

147 "It is not just in the best interests of the region, but in the best interests of the world that the biggest terrorist government in the world should fall. But how can it be done?"


Sorry, but this is just stupid. Trump's team has ALREADY figured out how it can be done, and has been in the process of doing it for months now. This is back seat driving, when the driver knows exactly where he's going, and you're already halfway there. How BLIND do you have to be not to see it?

Does anybody REALLY think it's some sort of COINCIDENCE that this is happening on Trump's watch, shortly after Trump took out Iran's nuclear facilities? Not to mention the goings-on in Venezuela and elsewhere?

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 16, 2026 08:07 AM (hOOi9)

148 > "Marco Rubio was a far, far, worse Senator for much longer than he' been a good SoS."

Rubio owes Trump an incredible debt of gratitude for wrenching him away from the McCain wing, and washing the stink of it off of him in his first term.. Trump has an eye for talent, and Rubio has yet to disappoint so far.

Posted by: Dawnbringer at January 16, 2026 08:08 AM (koFAO)

149 I saw several Western shitlib media outlets reporting gleefully that the Iranian protests were slowing down ("slowing down" seems to be the agreed-upon phrase that shows up in several articles).

I wonder if the regime is restoring order, or if that's just Western shitlib wishcasting.

*shrugs*

Who knows? Everything is fake and ghey.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:08 AM (BI5O2)

150 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ.
Seeing that picture of Walz I had a vision of Walz as the Vargas girl cover of Candy-O. Thx for that image

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:09 AM (Oql3v)

151 Trump has an eye for talent, and Rubio has yet to disappoint so far."

This. Frankly, I'm amazed at how well Rubio worked out.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR)

152 >>Three names keep popping up with regards to funding the anti-ICE riots:
Neville Roy Singham
Soros
Reid Hoffman

>>I would presume the administration has more "than an idea" as to who's funding the riots.

We've known those names for years. But it wasn't just 3 guys, there are whole networks and a lot of that money came right out of the US Treasury. Soros' NGOs have been getting money from USAID and other sources for years. It's not all his money he's spending, it's ours. Singham gets money and direction from the CCP.

I'd rather they get the while cancer than just what we can see.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:09 AM (viF8m)

153 Were Renee and Rebecca, the scissoring sisters of sweetness and light being paid for their felonious efforts to interfere with federal law enforcement personnel?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

154 Unfortunately,
It's National Fig Newton Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

155 Also, there is nothing so sweet as the sweat generated from learning that those getting caught are singing like a canary - and that also keeps these folks from just getting out and returning to the criminal flock...
Posted by: Boswell at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (BGfwC)

Well, we'll see. I expect very little to happen right away. You can't let it continue without some response.

As for Ahmed and Juan, the man responsible must be punished. I don't care what condition he is in. He must pay. His former boss should receive a late night call telling him to get out of this country or else.

Won't happen, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (uQesX)

156 OT- Speaking of "Star Trek"- I don't have the capability to watch the new "Star Fleet Academy" and it sounds stupid anyway, but my husband and son watched the movie, "The Wrath of Khan " from 1982 yesterday and they enjoyed it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (ix8EF)

157 Rebooting murder she wrote too. But without Angela Lansbury and her wonderful friends in Cabot Cove, what is the series really? No way Jamie Lee Curtis can top the original.

But people like their cozy mysteries. The matlock reboot with Cathy bates is doing ok ratings wise.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (gWBY1)

158 "It Will Be Marco Rubio In 2028"

My take on him to date.

His fingerprints look to be all over theory the and implementation of the Donroe Doctrine, making sure the EuroCommies understand they are the tip of the tail and and not the dog, backing our Middle Eastern allies to protect Israel and end the Mullah's reign of terror, and cause the Chicoms geopolitical pause. He is showing he knows how to wield power, is willing to use it and with confidence.

On the domestic front, his years in Congress gave him experience and skills to navigate the DC nonsense. His rhetorical style, while not the bombastic Trump way, is said with steel teeth. Plus he sees to have internalized the principles and exercise of an America First nation. That son of Cuban immigrants learned his lessons well.

During his first run, he wasn't baked yet and it showed. Today, in his current role, he has come to know everybody on the world stage and has demonstrated he gets results strategically and tactically. He is showing he can be a man of consequence whose possess a honed skill set that makes him the best person to carry forward Trump's MAGA revolution. I am becoming increasingly impressed.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (HTCU3)

159 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

160 Speaking of Rockford Files… Beth Davenport. Yowza and yum. She was so awesome….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (WnEm5)

161 Adam Carolla has been talking a lot about this lately. His theory is simple. Most women have not been socialized in using violence and so are unable to calibrate its use and their reaction to it. Most boys grow up with rough and tumble play, and know their capabilities, limits, and tolerances. Girls do not, and therefore women do not understand violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)
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"I don't know my strength and I have no way to gauge yours" is a thing. Another and likely bigger part, though, is that they don't know they need to because hitting girls is always considered bad behavior and they rarely - if ever - get an example of direct consequences. When girls hit, they get restrained and removed, not pummeled. The "if I hit you, I might get my ass knocked out and so maybe I should consider if that consequence is worth it" thing is not something they learn.

When girls get hit, it's usually at the hands of another girl and it's something approaching a "fair fight." She messes with her man, so the other woman intervenes. Etc. Not *that* uncommon. But women getting a straight beat-down is extremely rare. That consequence isn't real to them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:11 AM (GyQIQ)

162 117 There seems to be a steady stream of stories about women being schooled in the "FA And FO" principle.

Perhaps they're confused. After all, it works in all the girl boss movies.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)


I see it as a form of ritual human sacrifice. These women are intentionally being brainwashed to get themselves killed. There's probably even a number of virgins among them. Sick, sick, people behind this.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 16, 2026 08:11 AM (hOOi9)

163 ICE needs to get those water cannon trucks like the Dirty Frogs have. Pull up, hose down the marxists, watch them turn into a block of ice, drive off.

Posted by: Mr. Freeze at January 16, 2026 07:26 AM


Flechettes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

164 I think Rockford drove a Pontiac LeMans

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

165 Marco Rubio… the guy is awesome but not for POTUS. Let’s make him emperor of the galactic federation and El Presidente of Cuba simultaneously… for life

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:12 AM (WnEm5)

166 Laugh for the morning: AI makes "Ice Ice Baby" about a dead lesbian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZHpWH80rKc

My favorite line is "She took the L for the LGBs".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 08:13 AM (UmGiD)

167 Can’t believe they’re rebooting The Rockford Files.

While doing some design work on the computer, ran the pilot of the Rockford Files on another monitor.

A Pilot is supposed to be the episode that convinces the studio to green light a whole season.

• James Garner is Jim Rockford, there can be no other. Full Stop.

• Like anything from the 70s, it was so slow, every scene was dragged out as if they were trying to amortize the time of lugging tons of heavy film equipment to the scene and wanted more than a few quick seconds, but minutes of Los Angeles icon scenery.

• the villains were cartoonish, almost camp.

The nostalgia in every scene was the only thing that kept me interested. Still didn't finish watching the first episode. Too boring.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)

168 FenelonSpoke

Yes, Wrath of Khan was the best of the Star Trek movies. Glad Spouse and Son got some time to bond over that.

And my best wishes to you all for the new year. May it be spectacular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

169 Rebooting murder she wrote too. But without Angela Lansbury and her wonderful friends in Cabot Cove, what is the series really? No way Jamie Lee Curtis can top the original. ...
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (gWBY1)
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Even with them, "Murder, She Wrote" was borderline unwatchable. It was a bad show in its prime, but Lansbury made it work. In its own time, it wouldn't have worked without what she brought to it.

Today? With a bluezillion options of what to watch and a move in technology that obviates the entire formula (the Rockford reboot will suffer the same problem)? It's fishing the bottom for something to do. Hollywood is cooked.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:13 AM (GyQIQ)

170 Speaking of Rockford Files… Beth Davenport. Yowza and yum. She was so awesome….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (WnEm5)

I liked her car, too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:14 AM (uQesX)

171 “ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

John 1:29

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2026 08:15 AM (B5Sbl)

172 What was the homicide rate in Cabot Cove?

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 08:15 AM (ZxPkt)

173 ... There's probably even a number of virgins among them. Sick, sick, people behind this.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 16, 2026 08:11 AM (hOOi9)
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:: lays down $5 bill ::

I'll take the other side of that one. Unless it's a child dragged along by her mom.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:15 AM (GyQIQ)

174 Don't take the brown acid!
Or the oxalic acid!

Posted by: Chip Monck at January 16, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

175 Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

Rubio is blossoming under a strong leader. Can he do that on his own? Don't know. But put him in charge of Cuba, and we can find out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

176 :: lays down $5 bill ::

I'll take the other side of that one. Unless it's a child dragged along by her mom.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:15 AM (GyQIQ)


That's a sucker's bet. The kind of women doing this protesting definitely have at least a 2-digit body count.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 08:17 AM (UmGiD)

177 Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

Half the citizen of Mogadishu MN will be eating the goats, the other half fucking them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

178 ...my husband and son watched the movie, "The Wrath of Khan " from 1982 yesterday and they enjoyed it .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (ix8EF)
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Actually, its really missing something.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

179 But women getting a straight beat-down is extremely rare. That consequence isn't real to them.

Well, we can tell you are not a cop.

Top on the call list is Domestic Violence. Far too many women are directly experienced with violence.

I'm glad that you were raised in a household and community where regular beat-downs by the Man Of The House was not featured.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

180 You know, before Bart Simpson and the blackboard, Rockford had a different message on his answering machine, every week.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 08:18 AM (s0JqF)

181 I think Rockford drove a Pontiac LeMans"

*cries in Firebird*

"I liked her car, too."

Had one, too.

*misty eyed again*

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

182 158 Rebooting murder she wrote too. But without Angela Lansbury and her wonderful friends in Cabot Cove, what is the series really? No way Jamie Lee Curtis can top the original.

But people like their cozy mysteries. The matlock reboot with Cathy bates is doing ok ratings wise.
Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (gWBY1)


No doubt, most of these sorts of things are like Wicked. Attempts to re-write our culture the way the twisted satanists in Hollywood want it to be. Their puppet masters know what Brietbart knew - that politics is downstream from culture, so they are attempting to usurp American culture.

Note that in Wicked, all the good guys in the story are rewritten as bad guys, and the Wicked Witch - who is named that for a reason - is portrayed as the VICTIM. It became popular, I think, because of great music. The song about "Defying gravity" is clearly about overcoming seeming insurmountable obstacles in life - a great message. But in the movie, it's literally about the evil witch learning to fly her broomstick - as if that's a GOOD thing.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 16, 2026 08:19 AM (hOOi9)

183 Top on the call list is Domestic Violence. Far too many women are directly experienced with violence.

And lesbian domestic violence is literally off the charts.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 08:19 AM (UmGiD)

184 >> "..Half the citizen of Mogadishu MN will be eating the goats, the other half fucking them."

Half?! They'll ALL do both, it is traditional.. the question is in what order..

Posted by: Dawnbringer at January 16, 2026 08:20 AM (koFAO)

185 And lesbian domestic violence is literally off the charts."

Especially during the supa bowl?

Heh

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:20 AM (XuXeR)

186 183 ...

No doubt, most of these sorts of things are like Wicked. Attempts to re-write our culture the way the twisted satanists in Hollywood want it to be. Their puppet masters know what Brietbart knew - that politics is downstream from culture, so they are attempting to usurp American culture.

Note that in Wicked, all the good guys in the story are rewritten as bad guys, and the Wicked Witch - who is named that for a reason - is portrayed as the VICTIM. ...
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 16, 2026 08:19 AM (hOOi9)
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So does that mean Angel Martin will be the real brains of the rebooted show?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 08:21 AM (s0JqF)

187 Andrew Breitbart may his memory be for a blessing when he declared "Fuck You, War!" Expressed it perfectly, except the Left have been waging war against us for decades and it is high time WE THE PEOPLE resist, fight back and Win absolute victory. Amen.
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There's still plenty of money being funneled to my family from the schemes run by my friends across the aisle. Let's not be hasty.

Posted by: GOP Congressman at January 16, 2026 08:21 AM (Dv3i1)

188 So does that mean Angel Martin will be the real brains of the rebooted show?"

*recalls great theme music*

It's going to be bad. Very bad.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

189 I dunno. I kinda preferred the wicked witch to that manipulative bitch Glinda. Especially with that Billie Burke voice.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (77rzZ)

190 They are going to escalate the riots this weekend.
Because they need to hype up their big walkout on Tuesday.
Where students are going to shout "no one is illegal on stolen land!"
Which the media will explain in the way they do "from the river to the sea"

Anyway, there's this mythology, that nonviolent protests always win. That the exploitation of the morality ("you can't hit a woman!") of your opponents (while you have none) can't be countered.

It's going to be amusing when No Kings II fizzles eves sadder than the first ones.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (1EkgP)

191 I think many of the women participating in the riots just don't fit in anywhere else. The riots are obviously staged, paid for and require motivated bodies.

Plus, I'd wager many of these women are angry... for whatever reason. Likely under or unemployed. Have no traditional home life.

They'd be drifters if they were male.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (U2OZr)

192 In my pre 29 years I watched a lot of tv, however I never saw a single episode of Murder She Wrote or Matlock. Did I miss anything?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (2NHgQ)

193 Note that in Wicked, all the good guys in the story are rewritten as bad guys, and the Wicked Witch - who is named that for a reason - is portrayed as the VICTIM.

It's Schroedinger's Feminism: women are both empowered and hapless victims and they decide which they are for a given situation. See also the movie that tries to explain that it's not Cruella deVille's fault that she likes to skin puppies.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (UmGiD)

194 Top on the call list is Domestic Violence. Far too many women are directly experienced with violence.

I'm glad that you were raised in a household and community where regular beat-downs by the Man Of The House was not featured.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)
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DV is also grossly over-reported and one of the most common false reports. Punching a wall - not the woman - is "DV." Yelling can be "DV." DV stats are so padded as to be worthless. And a scuffle or mutual combat - and mutual combat is the most common form - is is not a beat-down.

Which is not to say that it doesn't happen. It does. Wife-beaters exist and aren't all that rare, but they are by no means the norm or the typical experience. Women (in fact, everyone) shouldn't experience arbitrary severe violence, and thankfully most do not.

But even that is a different category. That isn't the case of a woman with no inkling of consequences picking fights with strangers in a street war. If there's one thing that describes all of this shit, it's "no inkling of consequences." There are a staggering number of people who have no clue that consequences exist at all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (GyQIQ)

195 >>> Even with them, "Murder, She Wrote" was borderline unwatchable.

Them's fighting words. I own the whole series on DVD. It's delightful. But I also have nostalgia of watching it with my mom every Sunday night when it was still on the air.

You have to ignore the idea that all those murders pop up in one little town, which is why I love the theory she's a secret serial killer. Also why they had to move her to NYC to teach, and do glitzy trips around the world, to make her finding a new murder of the week more plausible.

I will admit though, the few eps where they bring her books to life? My least fave. Her books were mid at best. But I adore Angela so I'll forgive them trying to play with the format of the show. Her book titles were great, though. "The corpse danced at midnight" is intriguing.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (gWBY1)

196 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks; Same to you, Salty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (PFs9e)

197 Neville Roy Singham
Soros
Reid Hoffman


Too Big to Jail.

Its easier to abduct the "President" of Venezuela than it is to touch any of these guys, given the current composition of the DOJ, the courts and today's sorry excuse for juries.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (a4flb)

198 The Left are existential defoliators, exterminators -- they cannot allow a trace of truth or charity or even humanity to remain for someone seen as a challenge to their cause. Thus the post-mortem aspersions for Scott Adams

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (b4LBp)

199 They are going to escalate the riots this weekend."

Forecast for Sat PM is... minus something.

Not much rioting goin on

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

200 So does that mean Angel Martin will be the real brains of the rebooted show?"

*recalls great theme music*

It's going to be bad. Very bad.
Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

Jimmy! Jimmy! I need some geet, man. I got the perfect mark set up! — Angel

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:25 AM (P/Wjn)

201 Suck-My-Ballz Walz has suddenly switched to begging to "lower the temperature".

I think it's finally starting to soak in to that miserable clump of neurons he calls a brain that it's just about all over for him.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:25 AM (IG3/x)

202 In my pre 29 years I watched a lot of tv, however I never saw a single episode of Murder She Wrote or Matlock. Did I miss anything?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 08:23 AM (2NHgQ)
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Never seen Matlock. MSW is not something I think you need to lament having missed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (GyQIQ)

203 I think similarly, in some ways, of Bush 43. Had Bush 43 been at State instead of in the big chair, things might have worked out better. Bush was not a total retard on foreign policy. He had a perspective I no longer particularly like, but it was also a different time and he was well-suited to that milieu. He just shouldn't have been at the Resolute Desk.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:06 AM (GyQIQ)


Ironic commentary given that, if memory serves, he ran on the idea that he'd basically ignore foreign policy and just do domestic stuff. Until 9/11.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

204 Plus, I'd wager many of these women are angry... for whatever reason. Likely under or unemployed. Have no traditional home life.

They'd be drifters if they were male."

Camp followers...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (XuXeR)

205 Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

In October, the Latin Kings put out a bounty on Commander Bovino in Chicago

Now a Latin Kings member was just arrested in MN for stealing FBI weapons

LKs are major partners of the Sinaloa Cartel in the US. They are now targeting the ICE raids. This is all connected

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

206 I have several permanent injuries from fighting as a youth. I have a plate in my jaw. I have scars inside my mouth that still randomly just hurt out of nowhere. I have scars on my brain. My nose is a fucked up mess. It doesn't bother me anymore, but i scored a cool orbital fracture once, fighting a particularly big, mean boy. I have a bad right ankle, knee and shoulder, not from fighting, but from rugby, which is similar.

There are basically no women with this kind of medical chart. They simply have no clue how savage fighting a boy or man can be. It's not in their frame of reference, and these NGOs, Soros prosecutors, and their pet policemen and mayors are setting them up in very risky situations they aren't equipped to evaluate rationally. It was only a matter of time til one got pasted.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)

207 > You have to ignore the idea that all those murders pop up in one little town, which is why I love the theory she's a secret serial killer.

She was killing them. Her accomplice, Karl Malden, was stealing their traveler's checks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:27 AM (IG3/x)

208 Ironic commentary given that, if memory serves, he ran on the idea that he'd basically ignore foreign policy and just do domestic stuff. Until 9/11.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)
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Yup. And yet, he ended up pushing a fairly comprehensive foreign policy, anchored on the need to pivot away from Europe.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:27 AM (GyQIQ)

209
As long as we're contemplating military action against repressive violent tyrants,, I'd rather see a carrier battle group sail up the Mississippi and conduct operations against Minneapolis.


me as well, but have you seen how low the river is between Memphis and New Orleans? Evidently is is draining itself into a massive aquifer and there isn't anything humans can do at all to stop it. should take about 250-300 years to fill it up.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 16, 2026 08:27 AM (XKSmi)

210 In my pre 29 years I watched a lot of tv, however I never saw a single episode of Murder She Wrote or Matlock. Did I miss anything?

No. Boring ass rot TV that no one should have had to watch.

Did I ever tell you that Aunt Bee did butt stuff?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Griffith, liberal asshole at January 16, 2026 08:28 AM (n+1Zi)

211 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Hope you get to feeling bette. We have the technology today to help with that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

212 You have to ignore the idea that all those murders pop up in one little town, which is why I love the theory she's a secret serial killer."

What, you don't see dead bodies around your hood?

Heh

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

213 The murder rate in Cabot Cove, Maine top any location in the country. I would think real estate companies would say that area was not a good place to relocate to

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Oql3v)

214 It is highly agreeable on a cold day to put on clothes warm right out of the dryer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Enhance the warm glow by spreading Icy Hot in your drawers!

Posted by: Toasty Warm In NC at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (oftw2)

215 Morning JJ and the Horde. Lived in Phoenix for some years a while back, and was never a McCain fan, but he did one thing right. He held down that Senate Seat every 6 years. Unlike today with two faux military lefty Dems

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

216 The song about "Defying gravity" is clearly about overcoming seeming insurmountable obstacles in life "of a non-cis-trans, non-binary, homoqueer, dragonkin, neurofecked, pigeon-toed, geophagic"- a great message.
--

FIFY

Posted by: Hollyweird at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)

217 Rubio is blossoming under a strong leader. Can he do that on his own? Don't know. But put him in charge of Cuba, and we can find out.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Fair point. Then again, he is spending his days in an ongoing master class - he cannot come out of it unchanged. He seems to be learning and internalizing all the right things. The future is unknowable but he seems to know what he is about and what needs to be done better than any other potential 2028 candidates; he sure seems to be two term material. His short coming, and this is true of all potential 2028 candidates, is he lacks Trump's economic mind and Trump's masterfully ruthless ability to manipulate events to achieve his goals. Maybe more to the point, does Rubio have Trump's single minded will power that may be deterred but never derailed?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (HTCU3)

218 Now a Latin Kings member was just arrested in MN for stealing FBI weapons

LKs are major partners of the Sinaloa Cartel in the US. They are now targeting the ICE raids. This is all connected
Posted by: redridinghood


At some point we are going to have to start ending people. Our civilian court system isn't set up for this.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 08:30 AM (GK5Hx)

219 Enhance the warm glow by spreading Icy Hot in your drawers!
Posted by: Toasty Warm In NC at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (oftw2)
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Enhance the warm glow by putting transuranic elements in your pockets!

Posted by: Atomic Heat For The People, A 501(c)(3) at January 16, 2026 08:30 AM (GyQIQ)

220 The clip I posted is short and humorous
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
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Watching Newsom in that clip I am reminded of what a slimeball he is. In his home state, supported as he is there by family and political connections stretching across generations, and wealthy donors like the Gettys, he can be governor, but outside of California I gotta believe he is unelectable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (ZkbES)

221 Did I ever tell you that Aunt Bee did butt stuff?
Posted by: Zombie Andy Griffith, liberal asshole at January 16, 2026 08:28 AM
***

And that Thelma Lou? What a floozy.

Posted by: Howard Sprague at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

222 DV is also grossly over-reported and one of the most common false reports. Punching a wall - not the woman - is "DV."

LEOs love to train in Krav Maga. My instructor was the equivalent of a Black Belt in KM and was also a LEO in his real job.

Normally any LEOs in the class would pair up, and on the many occasions there was an odd number, I was the guest sparring opponent - because these guys bring to the floor the violence of the streets and few of the guys could go toe-to-toe with them for an hour.

So there was a mutual respect, and out came the stories, and there was a lot of DV - the real kind, not just punching walls. Maybe they all lied or embellished stories, but they were the most shocking.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (a4flb)

223 Little Marco grew up and became El Marco Grande before our very eyes.

Posted by: Delurker at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (gtcuf)

224 Now a Latin Kings member was just arrested in MN for stealing FBI weapons

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I translate this as "a fail guy got arrested after an FBI operation to arm Latin Kings was accidentally exposed."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

225 DV is also grossly over-reported and one of the most common false reports.

I've seen videos where the woman is on the phone with the police saying that the guy is beating her and she's afraid for her life and he's recording the whole thing on his phone from the 2nd floor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

226 Its easier to abduct the "President" of Venezuela than it is to touch any of these guys, given the current composition of the DOJ, the courts and today's sorry excuse for juries.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:24 AM (a4flb)

Absolutely. Singham, for example left this country when he started worrying that he might be called to account. Although his current residence is listed as Singapore, I’ve seen a report that he now spends most of his time in Shanghai, under the personal protection of Chairman Xi.
In case anyone had any doubts about who he is really working for.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:32 AM (hxusQ)

227 The murder rate in Cabot Cove, Maine top any location in the country. I would think real estate companies would say that area was not a good place to relocate to
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Oql3v)
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I have the same reaction when we watch all those British detective shows my bride loves so much. The murder rates in these small villages and towns is through the roof.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (ZkbES)

228 Did I ever tell you that Aunt Bee did butt stuff?

Wasn't it the cast of The Brady Bunch where what took place between them off camera was far more entertaining than what was broadcast on TV?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

229 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Our Justice system .. is not about Justice.
Two of the three branches of government are disconnected from functioning as designed.

Trump as Cromwell, the a restoration under Baron, first of his name, may be needed. No. No Kings.
But we do need to unleash DOGE and pare down the spending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

230 You can't even mention George Soros on Fox without being interrupted and shut down, as Newt Gingrich learned. That's some protection racket.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (b4LBp)

231 I saw Wicked live on stage and enjoyed it. I'm not sure that the stage play was as anti man as the movies purportedly are, I haven't and won't see the movies. As I recall the stage version had great songs and that's about all I remember.
The two leads in the movies are about as weird as can be, very off putting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)

232 It's going to be amusing when No Kings II fizzles eves sadder than the first ones.
____

The Latin Kings won't fizzle out, yo.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (Dv3i1)

233 The murder rate in Cabot Cove, Maine top any location in the country. I would think real estate companies would say that area was not a good place to relocate to
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Oql3v)
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Why would they? They're salesmen. The salesman never says, "hey, my product is crap."

Posted by: Atomic Heat For The People, A 501(c)(3) at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (GyQIQ)

234 >156 OT- Speaking of "Star Trek"- I don't have the capability to watch the new "Star Fleet Academy" and it sounds stupid anyway, but my husband and son watched the movie, "The Wrath of Khan " from 1982 yesterday and they enjoyed it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:10 AM (ix8EF)

I loved the captain's chair on the Romulan bird of prey is upholstered in Fine Corinthian Leather™

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (GTqXr)

235 ‘Paramount spent between 6-10 million an episode on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. They put the premier on YouTube for free and got 1300 live viewers.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

236 I never knew what Andy Griffith's politics were . I liked it better when we didn't know that and when they just shut up and did their acting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (PFs9e)

237 Breitbart said ‘war!’ a long time ago. Maybe we need to re-look circumstances surrounding his death.

Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (o2ZRX)

238 I have the same reaction when we watch all those British detective shows my bride loves so much. The murder rates in these small villages and towns is through the roof.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (ZkbES)
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MSW *is* a British detective show. Same concept, same formula. Different accents and a bit less hysterical shrieking.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (GyQIQ)

239 Watched the Senate Judiciary committee hearing yesterday, and it is amazing that the GOP allows 92 year old Grasslee to be the Chairman. He is a good man, but was elected the same year as Ronnie Reagan

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

240 Watched the Senate Judiciary committee hearing yesterday, and it is amazing that the GOP allows 92 year old Grasslee to be the Chairman. He is a good man, but was elected the same year as Ronnie Reagan
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:35 AM (YCxFk)
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For about 30 or 40 years, the Judiciary Committee has been the prime example of how retarded, venal, rude and sinister these people are.

Go watch Biden interrogating Thomas for retarded malice on full display. It is not better now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (GyQIQ)

241 239 Watched the Senate Judiciary committee hearing yesterday, and it is amazing that the GOP allows 92 year old Grasslee to be the Chairman. He is a good man, but was elected the same year as Ronnie Reagan
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:35 AM

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Whippersnapper.

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

242 Lawsuit alleging Krysten Sinema was banging her security detail:

https://tinyurl.com/4yp3ynyw

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (XvL8K)

243
At some point we are going to have to start ending people. Our civilian court system isn't set up for this.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 08:30 AM (GK5Hx)
*****
Unfortunately, due to severe TDS this country is completely upside down.
Latin Kings member is just a Minnesota man. One of their neighbors.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

244 The best one was Endeavor, about a young inspector Morse. Every week was like watching a top notch film. Very clever

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

245 > Wasn't it the cast of The Brady Bunch where what took place between them off camera was far more entertaining than what was broadcast on TV?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

The actor who played the father, Mike, was gay. The actor who played Greg was nailing both his on-screen mother, Carol, and his on-screen sister, Marsha.

Go Greg!

I believe Alice might've been a big ol' lesbo, too, but I'm not certain of that.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (IG3/x)

246 > Suck-My-Ballz Walz has suddenly switched to begging to "lower the temperature".
---

wait
I thought he had declared war on the Union

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (ZxPkt)

247 I have not really watched TV since 1977. One of the first actions after my wife passed was to cancel Direct TV. I did watch KSU football games. Little else. She brought TV back into my life, but we never watched networks, only DVDs.

I have poor TV cultural knowledge as a result.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

248 It just popped up in a Newsbreak feed that the new Star Trek Academy will have a Boothby Memorial Park. Given the slop that this show allegedly is, I'm sure Ray Walston would cringe

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (Oql3v)

249 236 Fen, AG did an ad for Obamacare in his last years.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (77rzZ)

250 > Neville Roy Singham
Soros
Reid Hoffman

Too Big to Jail.

Its easier to abduct the "President" of Venezuela than it is to touch any of these guys, given the current composition of the DOJ, the courts and today's sorry excuse for juries.
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If Singham's in his hometown of Singapore, the Lincoln carrier strike group will literally sail by his home on its way to the Persian Gulf. Probably easier to do a snatch 'n grab with him than Maduro.

It's an opportunity. Nothing more. And I don't really expect the administration to take advantage of it.

But, it's there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (U2OZr)

251
Lawsuit alleging Krysten Sinema was banging her security detail

I was under the impression she had Sapphic tendencies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (tgvbd)

252 242 Lawsuit alleging Krysten Sinema was banging her security detail:

https://tinyurl.com/4yp3ynyw
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM

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Was that wrong? Should she not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)

253 I know that the hard core dems/progressives are bat shit crazy and that may explain walz and frey, however I'm doubtful in that regard. I still think they're trying to save their asses because they are so deeply involved in the Somali grift that all of their theatrics is a smoke screen. It's unbelievable what falls from their lips when they talk about immigration enforcement.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (2NHgQ)

254 Haha, Democrats like to cite the latest polling that only 38% of voters approve of the GOP, forgetting the same poll has Demofascist approval at 32%

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (ZkbES)

255 180 I'm glad that you were raised in a household and community where regular beat-downs by the Man Of The House was not featured.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

Those are for the children, not for the wife.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (iXqHn)

256 MSW *is* a British detective show. Same concept, same formula. Different accents and a bit less hysterical shrieking.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (GyQIQ)

Yup. You know you are not watching a British drama if you don't hear a woman screaming like she was being disemboweled with a trench tool, at the sight of a coffee ring on her table, or somesuch trifle.

The overacting by Brits is perplexing for me as an American viewer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (BI5O2)

257 240. Joe, reason I hated Biden for years was the Thomas and Bork hearings

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

258 I never knew what Andy Griffith's politics were . I liked it better when we didn't know that and when they just shut up and did their acting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (PFs9e)

That's the way it used to be. Used to be. We know know Griffith was more like his character in A Face in the Crowd and Pray for the Wildcats than TAGS.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (uQesX)

259 A college basketball point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on 17 NCAA Division I teams resulted in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included a former NBA player, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

260 If Singham's in his hometown of Singapore, the Lincoln carrier strike group will literally sail by his home on its way to the Persian Gulf. Probably easier to do a snatch 'n grab with him than Maduro. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:38 AM (U2OZr)
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That would be hilarious. Just grab him en passant and keep moving.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (GyQIQ)

261 237 Breitbart said ‘war!’ a long time ago. Maybe we need to re-look circumstances surrounding his death.
Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (o2ZRX)

I'm still not entirely convinced that Bill Ayers didn't poison him.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (iXqHn)

262 > Those are for the children, not for the wife.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (iXqHn)

Violent child abuse is almost always the woman.

Child sexual abuse is virtually always a "boyfriend". While it does happen, it's pretty rare for a biological father to sexually abuse his own kids.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (IG3/x)

263 Latin Kings member is just a Minnesota man. One of their neighbors"
They'll get along fine. Both are tribal, and the northern tribes tend to be pretty meek...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

264 I always thought 70s private eyes should have suffered severe brain damage with all the times they got knocked out.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (8CIFn)

265 I was under the impression she had Sapphic tendencies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (tgvbd)
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I was under the impression that a - ahem - lady like Sinema just has "tendencies."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (GyQIQ)

266 > I was under the impression she had Sapphic tendencies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 08:39 AM (tgvbd)

I always got the vibe that she was prettty...flexible...in that area.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:42 AM (IG3/x)

267 Present day Brit detective shows are too PC. Ones set in past are better. Endeavor and Inspector Foyle are great

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

268 Hadrian the Seventh

She said she was bisexual.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

269 I always thought 70s private eyes should have suffered severe brain damage with all the times they got knocked out.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (8CIFn)
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My namesake's brain would have mush in real life. Dude got knocked out routinely and shot semi-routinely. If the lead poisoning didn't get him, the CTE definitely would have.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (GyQIQ)

270 245

No, Ann B Davis, who played Alice on the Brady rich was not a lesbian. Just an unmarried woman and a devout Christian. And here's her testimony from "Faithpot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/2tza5en9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (PFs9e)

271 242 Lawsuit alleging Krysten Sinema was banging her security detail:

https://tinyurl.com/4yp3ynyw
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM
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Sinema had a "security detail"? Do Senators have security details? Did not know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (ZkbES)

272 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF
Sure JJ has the story I read this morning, Jeffers ( Marxist).has said he declares war against ICE

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (12/sY)

273 vibe that she was prettty...flexible...in that area."

Or well worn...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

274 “Murder she wrote” was one of the best in the genre; it was better written for one thing, and often had episodes that paid homage to some great mystery writers of the past.
What was even better was that Angela Lansbury knew and kept up with many people she had known when starting out, and many episodes have guest stars who were well known in Hollywood in the 40’s and 50’s, but who had been forgotten by the public. She delighted in calling them back, and they loved being able to give an encore to their old careers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (hxusQ)

275 Wow, YD, sounds like Jo Mannix was tough to have as a brother. Hope you gave back to him as good as you got.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

276 Original Hawaii five 0 was excellent . Best of the 70’s

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (YCxFk)

277 Lawsuit alleging Krysten Sinema was banging her security detail:

https://tinyurl.com/4yp3ynyw
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (XvL8K)

Cullbrap! It's a woman claiming the senator was with her husband. We know she didn't go that way! Dismissed!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:44 AM (uQesX)

278 262 Violent child abuse is almost always the woman.

Child sexual abuse is virtually always a "boyfriend". While it does happen, it's pretty rare for a biological father to sexually abuse his own kids.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 08:41 AM (IG3/x)

Not in my case. My father hit me a whole hell of a lot more than he hit his wife. He kicked her out when I was 7 years old, though.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 08:44 AM (iXqHn)

279 Meant "Alice" on "The Brady Bunch"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 08:44 AM (PFs9e)

280 The best one was Endeavor, about a young inspector Morse. Every week was like watching a top notch film. Very clever
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

I liked Endeavor. My favorite I think was Foyle’s War

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 08:44 AM (OW907)

281 Sinema was given a detail after she and Manchin voted to keep the filibuster. Whackos in Phoenix and Tucson made threats.

She saved our bacon

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)

282 Breitbart had a congenital heart condition. Doesn't mean he wasn't offed, but still. Witnesses at time of his death said he'd been chatting normally with people and suddenly dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Such a huge loss.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (b4LBp)

283 Yes foyles war, I called it inspector. Great show

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)

284 Fun fact. Joe Mannix was played by actor Mike Connors.
Mike Connors was his stage name.
His given name was Krekor Ohanian.

Posted by: Who names their kid Krekor? at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

285 You youngsters may not be aware but both Matlock and Murder, She Wrote were known as fodder for the early bird crew while they were still broadcast on the air.

There used to be this thing on television called "Prime Time"

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

286 That would be hilarious. Just grab him en passant and keep moving.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (GyQIQ)
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Burial at sea, with full al Qaeda honors would be a good choice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (ZkbES)

287 279 Meant "Alice" on "The Brady Bunch"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks, Fen for setting the record straight. I was about to, but you beat me to it.

Posted by: She Was A Gentle Soul at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

288 /dam

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

289 But we do need to unleash DOGE and pare down the spending.

That is the talk of billionaires as leaders. Unfortunately, the entire Congress is staffed with grifters wanting to use their office and their access to money to be billionaires.

I would include We The People, but half are on the take in the form of entitlements, and many people who work are dependent on government graft either as employees or contractors, and a large segment who just pays into the system is buying Powerball tickets.

Hard to find decent Americans who are satisfied in their trades and the station in life God has granted them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)

290 Wow, YD, sounds like Jo Mannix was tough to have as a brother. Hope you gave back to him as good as you got.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

We barely ever fought. He did once staple my shirt to back pretty thoroughly, though, so I don't really recommend pissing him off.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)

291 Sinema was on F&F the other day. She looked kinda frumpy.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

292 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be safe and warm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

293 > His given name was Krekor Ohanian.
Posted by: Who names their kid Krekor? at January 16, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

Try Mladen Sekulovich.

Posted by: Karl Malden at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (IG3/x)

294 It started with Murder She Wrote then The Brady Bunch. Only at AOS could the mention of The Brady Bunch turn comments R-rated. Well done guys, lmao. I'm never let down here.

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2026 08:50 AM (IlL6s)

295 Natalia Zakharenko (Natalie Wood)

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

296 Most consider the two space battle scenes between Defiant and Enterprise in Wrath of Khan to be the best space battle scenes in any sci-fi movie, ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:51 AM (hxusQ)

297 The best "British detective shows" are neither British nor American, but Australian.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:51 AM (GyQIQ)

298 Benny Kubelsky
Nathan Birnbaum
Leslie Townes Hope
Virginia McGrath

Posted by: Ad Infinitum at January 16, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)

299 Natalia Zakharenko (Natalie Wood)
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

And her sister's name?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2026 08:52 AM (uQesX)

300 294 It started with Murder She Wrote then The Brady Bunch. Only at AOS could the mention of The Brady Bunch turn comments R-rated. Well done guys, lmao. I'm never let down here.
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Akcshually it started with me.

Posted by: Aunt Bee who does you know what at January 16, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

301 Favourite part of Murder, She Wrote was when Pat Summerall would do the promo for the Sunday evening shows and always had an extended pause between 'Murder' and 'She Wrote'.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 08:52 AM (NcvvS)

302 Those are fightin' words, pilgrim.

Posted by: Marion Morrison at January 16, 2026 08:52 AM (IG3/x)

303 213 The murder rate in Cabot Cove, Maine top any location in the country. I would think real estate companies would say that area was not a good place to relocate to
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Oql3v)
________
That reminds me of what Michael Gilbert said when asked why he usually used lawyers and detectives as his protagonists. "I always wondered how many murders it would take before hostesses stopped inviting Lord Peter Wimsey to their house parties."

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 08:52 AM (s0JqF)

304 Sinema was on F&F the other day. She looked kinda frumpy.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)
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I had to look away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

305 Original Hawaii five 0 was excellent"

The opening music.... wow.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

306 > The opening music.... wow.
Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

Even as a small child I knew that hula dancer had it goin' on.

Posted by: Marion Morrison at January 16, 2026 08:54 AM (IG3/x)

307 Those are fightin' words, pilgrim."

Let's put them to music!

/Reginald Dwight

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

308 I thought he had declared war on the Union

Walz is no General Sherman

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:55 AM (a4flb)

309 Dear Mr. O'Sefton,

The illustration you chose to lead this morning's Thread with is not consonant with Mr. Walz being one of the exemplars of Modern Masculinity.

Please treat Mr. Walz, along with Mr. Emhoff and Mr. Hogg, as the paragons of Modern Masculinity they so richly are.

#BeBetter

Posted by: (D)emocrats at January 16, 2026 08:55 AM (0sNs1)

310 This is good

Stanley Cup champs Florida Panthers visited the White House

they all wore their "Trump Suit", which is dark navy, white shirt, red tie

https://tinyurl.com/mr5dfnx2
goes to Fox

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 08:55 AM (ZxPkt)

311 I had heard that Neville Singham is living in Shanghai. Don't know if he's still there

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:55 AM (Oql3v)

312 Wherever Neville Roy Singham goes Shanghai goes with him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

313 Killing whales to resume: lefties in NYC seem pretty excited a federal judge junior President has issued a "preliminary injunction" against the administration's effort to stop a "wind project" just outside of New York harbor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:57 AM (Exs4i)

314 MN ICE Watch, which describes itself as an "autonomous collective
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But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting.

Yes, I see.

By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs–

Be quiet!

Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 08:58 AM (3AyDK)

315 Killing whales to resume"

There's another joke in there somewhere...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

316 The street protests really don’t matter that much.

When the elites start feeling uncertain about their future, the regime will fall. Too much pressure and the coalesce and fight the death. They need to believe they can survive and early quits are better than late.

It’s delicate.

Things to watch - money fleeing, US military power moving, judges and administrators slow walking orders to commit ‘crimes’, defections, disappearances that include family.

Posted by: MJ at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (PDegU)

317 It's a bit mind blowing to think that Timmy Walz, once a candidate for VP, might be remembered not as Kamala's running mate, but the late leader of America's 21st century insurrection.

Bet he gets a monument. Posthumously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (U2OZr)

318 Hawaii Five O’s theme was the best in TV history. Bar none.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

319 Killing whales to resume: lefties in NYC seem pretty excited a federal judge junior President has issued a "preliminary injunction" against the administration's effort to stop a "wind project" just outside of New York harbor.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:57 AM (Exs4i)
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Nuke the whales! Nuke the whales!
-Antifa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

320 Didn't non-profits used to be called NGOs? haha

Posted by: Yop at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (RKj5x)

321 > Be quiet!
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2026 08:58 AM (3AyDK)

There's some lovely filth over here.

Posted by: Dennis the Peasant at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (IG3/x)

322 The best "British detective shows" are neither British nor American, but Australian.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:51 AM (GyQIQ)
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Like what?

I am always looking to get cheap credit points suggesting new shows!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (Exs4i)

323 Didn't non-profits used to be called NGOs? haha
Posted by: Yop at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (RKj5x)
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Usually interchangeable during my adult life. Dunno about before that.

But "NGO" is the biggest misnomer in the history of language.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (GyQIQ)

324 221 Did I ever tell you that Aunt Bee did butt stuff?
Posted by: Zombie Andy Griffith, liberal asshole at January 16, 2026 08:28 AM
***

And that Thelma Lou? What a floozy.
Posted by: Howard Sprague at January 16, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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Twenty dollars. Same as in Mount Pilot.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (s0JqF)

325 The riots will continue until the Lawyers on Retainer stop getting paid.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (uEmCf)

326 > Twenty dollars. Same as in Mount Pilot.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (s0JqF)

Was it Mount Pilot? I always assumed it was Mount Pilate, and wondered why the hell they named a mountain after him.

Posted by: Dennis the Peasant at January 16, 2026 09:01 AM (IG3/x)

327 Hard to find decent Americans who are satisfied in their trades and the station in life God has granted them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)

I hated my job for 35 years but I went to it everyday trying to do my best because I was taught 'even if you are just a ditch digger be the best ditch digger you can be'.

That's the attitude of America that has changed IMO. We've largely become a 'good enough' and envious society at the same time.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (KDPiq)

328 Thelma Lou was very pretty.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

329 Breitbart had a congenital heart condition. Doesn't mean he wasn't offed, but still. Witnesses at time of his death said he'd been chatting normally with people and suddenly dropped like a sack of potatoes.


I know people who are convinced that Rush Limbaugh was given spiked cigars that gave him lung cancer.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (a4flb)

330 I had to look away.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

Look… look away… I’m hideous! — Cosmo Kramer after a lifetime of smoking in one night

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (ZtAny)

331 Like what?

I am always looking to get cheap credit points suggesting new shows!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:00 AM (Exs4i)
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I've seen a few episodes of "Doctor Blake" and it struck me as doing the British mystery thing better than most.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (GyQIQ)

332 @300 Aunt Bee-search; peaches Andy Griffith on YouTube........some of you commenters please don't search it. Puts quite the twist on The Andy Griffith Show.

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2026 09:03 AM (IlL6s)

333 Who would have thoight that being a multi-tasking NYC real estate developer would be such good training for the Presidency.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2026 09:03 AM (dtajH)

334 The best "British detective shows" are neither British nor American, but Australian.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 08:51 AM (GyQIQ)
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Not detective but Mr In Between was the best Australian show ever .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:04 AM (KDPiq)

335 >Thelma Lou was very pretty.
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She was no Lou-Ann Poovie

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)

336 326 There is actually a Pilot Mountain in NC. The name of the town was a variant of that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

337 329 Breitbart had a congenital heart condition. Doesn't mean he wasn't offed, but still. Witnesses at time of his death said he'd been chatting normally with people and suddenly dropped like a sack of potatoes.


sounds like how my husband get a nice lil pacemaker when fairly young.

bradycardia is under diagnosed. low heart rate is good, right?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:05 AM (emBoF)

338 non-profits" = mucho virtue.

Still lots of income.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR)

339 328 Thelma Lou was very pretty.
Posted by: Bulg

Yes, but for a really good time call...

Posted by: ...Juanita Down At The Diner at January 16, 2026 09:06 AM (oftw2)

340 333 Who would have thoight that being a multi-tasking NYC real estate developer would be such good training for the Presidency.


he also had a TV show

I think that was probably half of the training he needed sad to say!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:06 AM (emBoF)

341 I hated my job for 35 years but I went to it everyday trying to do my best because I was taught 'even if you are just a ditch digger be the best ditch digger you can be'.


These are the people I want to be around. I love my gig and have adopted the same ethos as this blog's Ben Had that you will read of my retirement when you read my obituary.

There were gigs where I was NOT happy and left them on the idea that Life Is Too Short To Be Frustrated All The Time.

Most jobs have rough patches and looking at the reward rather than the effort helps push through to completion.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 09:06 AM (a4flb)

342 One episode of Andy Griffith had relatives from Lake Charles, LA visit. That's where I grew up . Our claim to fame😀

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:06 AM (KDPiq)

343 "Doctor Blake" was good to start and sort of frittered away. "Darby and Joan" is also OK, though seeing Greta Scacchi as not her young gorgeous self is a little bracing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:07 AM (Exs4i)

344 Yes, but for a really good time call...
Posted by: ...Juanita Down At The Diner"

Don't forget there's a little Cafe just the other side of the border...

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

345 he also had a TV show

I think that was probably half of the training he needed sad to say!


Why am I thinking of Ronald Reagan?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 09:07 AM (a4flb)

346 The riots will continue until the Lawyers on Retainer stop getting paid.

^^^^ Wisdom

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 09:08 AM (a4flb)

347 he also had a TV show

I think that was probably half of the training he needed sad to say!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:06 AM (emBoF)
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It is interesting how many people with TV experience are at high levels in the Trump administration.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:08 AM (Exs4i)

348 >>

More importantly, she gave them needed checks and new acting jobs at a time their pensions or their bank accounts were drying up. She helped save them financially, and introduced them to a new generation. Angela was an absolute mensch of a woman.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 09:10 AM (gWBY1)

349 When I was growing up loving hockey, playing hockey and watching hockey, the idea that there would ever be a hockey team in Florida or that it would win the Stanley Cup was ridiculous.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

350 177 Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.”

Half the citizen of Mogadishu MN will be eating the goats, the other half fucking them.
Posted by: r hennigantx

It's permissible to fuck goats and other animals, but only if they are immediately slaughtered after the act, and the meat sold to kuffar.

Posted by: Real Muslim Imam's Fatwa at January 16, 2026 09:11 AM (JCZqz)

351 The riots will continue until ....

At - 5 F? Yeah.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)

352 Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office emailed staff inviting them to a “healing circle” with “therapy goats.” ...
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:17 AM (gbOdA)
++++
That's some Silicon Valley-level nonsense right there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:12 AM (GyQIQ)

353 When I was growing up loving hockey, playing hockey and watching hockey, the idea that there would ever be a hockey team in Florida or that it would win the Stanley Cup was ridiculous.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

Weird, isn't it?

Posted by: Las Vegas Golden Knights at January 16, 2026 09:12 AM (uQesX)

354 348. Yes, she was. And she moved with her daughter to Ireland when the daughter started hanging out with the Manson family.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

355 >>> 334 The best "British detective shows" are neither British nor American, but Australian.

You reminded me I might be due for a rewatch of "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries!" Sexy and silly and fun. And I would die to own her house in Melbourne.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 09:13 AM (gWBY1)

356 The Left's celebrity politicians- Al Franken , Jerry Springer

The Right's celebrity politicians , - Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:13 AM (KDPiq)

357 Mornin' Horde! I neglected to mention yesterday that my followup CT scan came back clean, and the doc is very happy with my progress! Praying others here dealing with cancer have similar results in 2026!

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 09:14 AM (OUMaO)

358 Brother Tim that is WONDERFUL

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:15 AM (emBoF)

359 I know people who are convinced that Rush Limbaugh was given spiked cigars that gave him lung cancer.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM (a4flb)


No need for a conspiracy.

Rush was a heavy cigarette smoker for years.

Small cell carcinoma's right in line with that.

Cigars are more of a mouth, lip, and throat cancer kind of thing anyway.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

360 Yeah, I always associated hockey with the great white north, where you can skate outdoors on frozen lakes

the only ice in Vegas is in the cocktails

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 09:15 AM (ZxPkt)

361 Congrats Brother Tim on kicking cancer's ass! So happy for you.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 09:15 AM (gWBY1)

362 Praying others here dealing with cancer have similar results in 2026!"

!!!!

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)

363 Interesting observation about the PDT crew having on air experience. I would guess it gives them a leg up since they know what goes on with the lying media and fake news and it's easier to combat a lot of that crap.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2026 09:16 AM (2NHgQ)

364 Yay, Brother Tim! Keep on going!

Posted by: Love Good News at January 16, 2026 09:16 AM (oftw2)

365 One of our godsons married a girl from Melbourne, and got stuck there during covid, when the Aussies shut down travel. He loves the place now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:16 AM (/pgyj)

366 There is going to be a rally in support of ICE in Minneapolis per the Varney show this weekend. If you think there's been violence before the crazies will attack this rally in force

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 09:17 AM (Oql3v)

367 They just had to evacuate the Houston's Memorial City Mall because of an ammonia leak at the ice rink ( that's where I played in an amateur hockey league briefly )

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:17 AM (KDPiq)

368
Nice, Brother Tim!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (iJfKG)

369 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Clown World
@ClownWorld
“I will be blind for life.”

A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest.

Maybe trying to stop it wasn’t the right move

https://tinyurl.com/yc2rf8dv

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

370 Good job, Brother Tim! Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

371 The murder rate in Cabot Cove, Maine top any location in the country. I would think real estate companies would say that area was not a good place to relocate to
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 08:29 AM (Oql3v)
=================
I have the same reaction when we watch all those British detective shows my bride loves so much. The murder rates in these small villages and towns is through the roof.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 08:33 AM


I know, right? Visit an English country house and you're pretty much f*cked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (kgE5c)

372 There is going to be a rally in support of ICE in Minneapolis per the Varney show this weekend. If you think there's been violence before the crazies will attack this rally in force
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 . 09:17 AM (Oql3v)

Need the guy there that laid out a half dozen protesters when they confronted him. That was an awesome video no matter what the subject was.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (KDPiq)

373 It's a bit mind blowing to think that Timmy Walz, once a candidate for VP, might be remembered not as Kamala's running mate, but the late leader of America's 21st century insurrection.

Bet he gets a monument. Posthumously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer


A men's urinal with a tampon dispenser next to it?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 09:19 AM (OUMaO)

374 “Fuck you, war!” indeed.

Posted by: OnPoint at January 16, 2026 09:19 AM (RK/h9)

375 Bet he gets a monument. Posthumously.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM (U2OZr)
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Probably. They can put it between Fauci's and Jarrett's.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:20 AM (GyQIQ)

376 Tim Walz is asshoe.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:20 AM (kgFPv)

377 I'm rejoicing with you, Brother Tim! Great news!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 09:21 AM (FMtrg)

378 rally in support of ICE in Minneapolis per the Varney show this weekend."

*looks at weather forecast*

Nope. Well, there will be ice.

Posted by: man at January 16, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

379 Great to hear Brother Tim !

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 16, 2026 09:21 AM (Oql3v)

380 Remember when hapless NYC shut down the Wollman Skating Rink to rebuild it? Took years, cost overruns, then it didn't work? Private citizen Trump took over the project, redid it his way, and had it open in months.

Posted by: Things To Come at January 16, 2026 09:21 AM (oftw2)

381 They just had to evacuate the Houston's Memorial City Mall because of an ammonia leak at the ice rink ( that's where I played in an amateur hockey league briefly )

Posted by: Opinion fact


Serious business that. I worked at a grocery warehouse back in the day where the anhydrous ammonia tanks for the frozen storage leaked. The evacuation was a clusterfuck, the route made no allowances for if, say, the wind was blowing the stuff right across the route...as it did that day.

The tanks were right above the offices. The warehouse folks were OK but several folks in payroll went to the hospital. Place was a bad joke on a number of grounds.

It ain't there anymore.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (OUMaO)

382 Congratulations, Brother Tim!

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (NpAcC)

383 Nuke the whales! Nuke the whales!
-Antifa
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 08:59 AM


Shave the whales.

- Dogbert

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (kgE5c)

384 Kathleen Kennedy Blames Fans, Misogynists, Bots For Star Wars Backlash

According to Kennedy, these fans simply wanted “the same thing” and were impossible to satisfy if Lucasfilm chose to go in new creative directions.

“The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has enormous expectations,” Kennedy said, adding that she wouldn’t change any of the creative decisions she made while running the studio.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

385 Cea Weaver has been talking again. This woman just cannot stop herself from saying the quiet parts out loud.

https://tinyurl.com/3amdyfxp

(link goes to Legal Insurrection)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (dAH7n)

386 Serious business that. I worked at a grocery warehouse back in the day where the anhydrous ammonia tanks for the frozen storage leaked. The evacuation was a clusterfuck, the route made no allowances for if, say, the wind was blowing the stuff right across the route...as it did that day.

The tanks were right above the offices. The warehouse folks were OK but several folks in payroll went to the hospital. Place was a bad joke on a number of grounds.

It ain't there anymore.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (OUMaO)
++++
Ugh. What a rotten design that sounds like. Oy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (GyQIQ)

387 When I was growing up loving hockey, playing hockey and watching hockey, the idea that there would ever be a hockey team in Florida or that it would win the Stanley Cup was ridiculous.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

Weird, isn't it?
Posted by: Las Vegas Golden Knights at January 16, 2026 09:12 AM (uQesX)

Right?
- Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (kgFPv)

388 376 Tim Walz is asshoe.
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:20 AM (kgFPv)


I'm flabbergasted that anyone would EVER consider Walz or Harris for national office. And yet I know people who voted for them who can tie their own shoes.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (FMtrg)

389 “The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has enormous expectations,” Kennedy said, adding that she wouldn’t change any of the creative decisions she made while running the studio.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)
----
Of course she wouldn't change a thing. She's a malignant narcissist incapable of learning from her mistakes. She's always, ALWAYS right. About everything.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 09:24 AM (ESVrU)

390 grinning anti-ICE agitator was arrested after she allegedly punched a Florida state trooper during a confrontation with federal agents — drawing a blunt warning from Gov. Ron DeSantis that the Sunshine State “is not Minneapolis.

Odd, the left tells me that J6 was a violent insurrection because protestors pushed cops. I guess it would be a super violent one if they punched cops?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm)

391 Rand Paul to Joe Rogan: DOJ Won't Prosecute Anthony Fauci for Lying

Making an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) expressed his frustration that the Trump administration has failed to refer Anthony Fauci for criminal prosecution for lying to Congress. Paul told Rogan that he believes Fauci's blanket pardon—issued by former President Joe Biden during the waning hours of his presidency—should be challenged in court. Paul said he has provided Attorney General Pam Bondi with evidence that Fauci misled Congress about gain-of-function research and also instructed his deputies to destroy public records in order to stymie scrutiny.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

392 Right. Carolina Hurricanes. Dallas Stars here too

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2026 09:25 AM (YCxFk)

393 "Pretty tame, given the rioting. We're *days* into this thing and they're just now getting to tear gas?"

Every incident where "protesters" physically interfere with ICE, they need to arrest at least a few, as a message to the others. The trained "protesters" think they know they can get away with some criminal acts (blocking roads, pushing or shoving, whatever).

They need to be taught that any organized resistance is criminal, accomplished by hauling them off. Not sure, but I think that may be why they need the Insurrection Act in effect, so they can arrest without pleading with cops to stop the rioters.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 09:25 AM (vbXSk)

394 The Phoenix NHL team rightly moved to Salt Lake City.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (kgFPv)

395 Cea Weaver has been talking again. This woman just cannot stop herself from saying the quiet parts out loud. ...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (dAH7n)++++
"Unless we can undermine the institution of homeownership and seek to provide stability in other ways, I don't know--it's a really difficult organizing situation we find ourselves in."

Remarkably clear, actually. "We have a generally stable system here, but we don't like it because we're revolutionaries - but we acknowledge that stability is bad for the revolution business. The best approach for us is to destabilize the system through artificial external pressure from the top, so that we can re-stabilize it on terms we find more preferable at the expense of those who we destabilized."

Hideous. Evil. But clear.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (GyQIQ)

396 I saw some article recently about how ice hockey is a big thing in Nairobi, Kenya now.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

397
Shorter Kathleen Kennedy:

"You bastards wouldn't eat the Dead Rats and Broccoli in Turd Sauce that I cooked up for you!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (iJfKG)

398 I'm flabbergasted that anyone would EVER consider Walz or Harris for national office. And yet I know people who voted for them who can tie their own shoes./i]

Those people consume a very tightly curated narrative about politics. They likely haven't seen a full speech by either, have no idea what either have done in elected office, nor what policies they claimed to support during the election.

I mean you have to stop and consider that in 2020 Kamala Harris called Joe Biden a racist - which is one of the most serious sins to the left and yet she became his VP and Dems supported both of them...So which is it...is Kamala a liar or is Biden a racist?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (sKqQm)

399 Remarkably clear, actually. "We have a generally stable system here, but we don't like it because we're revolutionaries - but we acknowledge that stability is bad for the revolution business. The best approach for us is to destabilize the system through artificial external pressure from the top, so that we can re-stabilize it on terms we find more preferable at the expense of those who we destabilized."

Hideous. Evil. But clear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM


This guy? He gets it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:27 AM (kgE5c)

400 Fauci misled Congress about gain-of-function research and also instructed his deputies to destroy public records in order to stymie scrutiny.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)
==================
Prosecute the staffers who destroyed those records. Build the case the old fashioned way, and just start going up the chain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:27 AM (dAH7n)

401 Unless we can undermine the institution of homeownership

Most people can go home and just tune out everything the left wants them to be upset about. And there is nothing the left can do abut it and it infuriates them

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

402 398 I'm flabbergasted that anyone would EVER consider Walz or Harris for national office. And yet I know people who voted for them who can tie their own shoes./i]

Those people consume a very tightly curated narrative about politics. They likely haven't seen a full speech by either, have no idea what either have done in elected office, nor what policies they claimed to support during the election.

I mean you have to stop and consider that in 2020 Kamala Harris called Joe Biden a racist - which is one of the most serious sins to the left and yet she became his VP and Dems supported both of them...So which is it...is Kamala a liar or is Biden a racist?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (sKqQm)
________
And. Both are true.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:27 AM (s0JqF)

403 which is it...is Kamala a liar or is Biden a racist?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16,

yes.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (kgFPv)

404 Shorter Kathleen Kennedy:

"You bastards wouldn't eat the Dead Rats and Broccoli in Turd Sauce that I cooked up for you!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM (iJfKG)
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Smother broccoli in honey-dipped bacon and it's still broccoli.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (ESVrU)

405 “The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has enormous expectations,” Kennedy said, adding that she wouldn’t change any of the creative decisions she made while running the studio.
Posted by: SMOD

Leftists always double down. But her stinking reputation will be pointed at for decades as an example of turning an expensive asset into a giant radioactive turd. Which was of course her missions but she cannot say that in public.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (WDjG6)

406 I saw some article recently about how ice hockey is a big thing in Nairobi, Kenya now.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM


Really, mon? Crazy, dat.

- Jamaican bobsled team

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (kgE5c)

407 A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest.
___

His?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (Dv3i1)

408 Most people can go home and just tune out everything the left wants them to be upset about. And there is nothing the left can do abut it and it infuriates them
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)
++++
Nothing we can do about it, eh? You sure about that, bucko?

Posted by: Your County Clerk and Recorder, a revolutionary at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM (GyQIQ)

409 JustTheNews:

Somali Subpoenas: Congress moving quickly to investigate cash-in-luggage exodus from U.S. airports

Two powerful committee chairmen in Congress are moving quickly to investigate why Somali immigrant couriers were moving hundreds of millions of dollars out of U.S. airports in their luggage to overseas destinations the last few years, and whether there is any connection to a massive fraud scheme in Minnesota or terror groups in their native country in Africa. “We're going to do whatever it takes to get to the bottom of this […] and it will mean subpoenaing these things,” Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Just the News in an interview Thursday.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

410 And. Both are true.

I mean yes...we have enough from Biden to establish he is a racist

But...

You can't be an "anti-racist liberal" and support both Harris and Biden. At least not if you believe in a damn thing you claim to...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (sKqQm)

411 I’ve always found it weird the KC doesn’t have a hockey team. Seems like it would do well there.

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (kgFPv)

412 Smother broccoli in honey-dipped bacon and it's still broccoli.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 09:28 AM


Yes, but...it's smothered in honey-dipped bacon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (kgE5c)

413 ... Two powerful committee chairmen in Congress are moving quickly to investigate why Somali immigrant couriers were moving hundreds of millions of dollars out of U.S. airports in their luggage to overseas destinations the last few years, ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)
+++++
The dissonance is loud here.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (GyQIQ)

414 Hideous. Evil. But clear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:26 AM
===============
She reminds me of characters Orwell would have written about.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (dAH7n)

415 The high temp in Minneapolis tomorrow is 10 degrees F.
Do they pay the "protestors" extra for extreme weather conditions?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

416 I assume any 'man' that is short, has a high voice and a scruffy beard that makes them look like a leprechaun is actually a petite female taking male hormones. I could be wrong.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (Dv3i1)

417 The Trump administration has tapped a longtime Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to serve as second in command of the agency. Charles Wall, who currently serves as ICE’s principal legal advisor, will become the new deputy director of the agency, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday via a social media post.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

418 >>> Shorter Kathleen Kennedy:
"You bastards wouldn't eat the Dead Rats and Broccoli in Turd Sauce that I cooked up for you!"

Sorry Kathleen, I'm allergic to arsenic sauce.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (gWBY1)

419 389 “The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has enormous expectations,” Kennedy said, adding that she wouldn’t change any of the creative decisions she made while running the studio.
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)
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Of course she wouldn't change a thing. She's a malignant narcissist incapable of learning from her mistakes. She's always, ALWAYS right. About everything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 09:24 AM (ESVrU)
________
Like another incompetent woman whose name starts with "K".

Posted by: Eeyore at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (s0JqF)

420 A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest.


that's a female

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (emBoF)

421 416 I assume any 'man' that is short, has a high voice and a scruffy beard that makes them look like a leprechaun is actually a petite female taking male hormones. I could be wrong.

you are not wrong

this ICE thing is hell on lesbians apparently

they do already have self-destructive tendencies...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (emBoF)

422 "I don't know--it's a really difficult organizing situation we find ourselves in."

Always look for that word "organizing." It's the dead giveaway.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (b4LBp)

423 387 Right?
- Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:23 AM (kgFPv)

The California Golden Seals and LA Kings joined the NHL in 1967, as part of the expansion that took the league from 6 teams to 12.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)

424 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Clown World
@ClownWorld
“I will be blind for life.”

A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest.

Maybe trying to stop it wasn’t the right move

https://tinyurl.com/yc2rf8dv
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)
——

1. This creep got slugged in the face at the gay bar when he tried to suck off the wrong guy

2. That’s a black eye. He’ll be fine.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (BFX4z)

425 A federal judge Thursday dealt a significant legal setback to the Trump administration in its efforts to obtain voter data held by states. In a 33-page order, U.S. District [ Clinton ] Judge David O. Carter in California dismissed a lawsuit that sought to give the Justice Department access to the Democratic-led state’s voter files, including records like Social Security numbers and driver’s license information. California is one of 23 states, along with Washington, D.C., that the Justice Department has sued for refusing to hand over the voter data. The lawsuit against California was filed in September.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

426 I assume any 'man' that is short, has a high voice and a scruffy beard that makes them look like a leprechaun is actually a petite female taking male hormones. I could be wrong.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (Dv3i1)



Always after me Lucky Tampons!

Posted by: Leprechaun-Looking "Guy" at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (iJfKG)

427 What is most astounding is that from Rousseau to 20th century communist atrocities to Mamdani and his ilk is a bright, straight line, and yet there are lots of people who sign up for the bullshit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (dAH7n)

428 Two powerful committee chairmen in Congress are moving quickly to investigate why Somali immigrant couriers were moving hundreds of millions of dollars out of U.S. airports in their luggage to overseas destinations the last few years, ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)
+++++
The dissonance is loud here.


Congress actually has plenty of power via "the purse" here if they actually did want to use it to get the decision makers fired and the people on the ground that were "just following orders" to have their pay docked...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm)

429 What is most astounding is that from Rousseau to 20th century communist atrocities to Mamdani and his ilk is a bright, straight line, and yet there are lots of people who sign up for the bullshit.

This time the correct people will be in charge so it will be nothing like the last time

Posted by: What the left always says at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

430 420 A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest.


that's a female
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2026 09:31 AM (emBoF)
——-

I think it’s male-to-female freak

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (BFX4z)

431 Mexican vloggers react to growing Indian presence in America, ‘Feels like we landed in India’

... trouble in BiPOC-land ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

432 She reminds me of characters Orwell would have written about.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2026 09:30 AM (dAH7n)
++++
Orwell was more subtle than this.

She's more like an Ayn Rand villain.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (GyQIQ)

433 Hideous. Evil. But clear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
------
Yet cries and breaksdown when her mommy's house is brought into the equation. These are people that rely on others to do the coercing.

Whatever you say about the old Bolshies, they had a core of stone cold killers and tough guys. The new Bolshies have trust funds and figure they will be on top of the lists for the new 'affordable' housing in a rent controlled apartment.

Same for the Chinese, the old hard asses that went on the Long March are about all gone, instead, you get the weakasses that got to the top by being their nepots and not suffering the violence and depredations that their ancestors did.

The new left are mainly people that sucked on the government tit for a long period of time or became fabulously rich via the tech revolution. These folks have to rent loyalty from the plebes which one can see in the MN protests. The POCs and poors aren't out there because no money in it.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (WDjG6)

434 From Jean-Paul Marat to Jacob Frey, another straight red line.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (b4LBp)

435 I’m continually amazed by rulings that say the president doesn’t have access to state data. It’s like saying the CEO of Walmart isn’t allowed to look at individual store data.

How the fuck is any appellate court or scotus allowing this shit?

Posted by: Really?? at January 16, 2026 09:35 AM (kgFPv)

436 ... Same for the Chinese, the old hard asses that went on the Long March are about all gone, instead, you get the weakasses that got to the top by being their nepots and not suffering the violence and depredations that their ancestors did. ...
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (WDjG6)
++++
In fairness, this is why their parents fought. Nobody would play king games if they didn't get to hand the future to their kids. The good kings ensure their kids can both continue the work *and* still have a kingdom to rule.

The mediocre kings do one or the other. The bad kings do neither.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2026 09:36 AM (GyQIQ)

437 429 What is most astounding is that from Rousseau to 20th century communist atrocities to Mamdani and his ilk is a bright, straight line, and yet there are lots of people who sign up for the bullshit.

This time the correct people will be in charge so it will be nothing like the last time
Posted by: What the left always says
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And yet, the Left is a Potemkin village compared to what it used to be. There is no groundswell of the poor pushing revolution; Cloward Piven ironically deprived the left of its footsoldiers which is why they imported a new set abroad. Instead, it is a bunch of hothouse flowers from higher ed and wealth larping at being revolutionaries. And being thoroughly stupid about it.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:37 AM (WDjG6)

438 Breitbart said ‘war!’ a long time ago. Maybe we need to re-look circumstances surrounding his death.
Posted by: Eromero at January 16, 2026 08:34 AM (o2ZRX)

I'm still not entirely convinced that Bill Ayers didn't poison him.
Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 08:40 AM (iXqHn)

He had heart issues, as did his dad. My wife's friend lost her brother to a heart attack at the age of 43. With no signs of previous heart issues. It does happen.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 16, 2026 09:38 AM (5xuJ/)

439 433 The new left are mainly people that sucked on the government tit for a long period of time or became fabulously rich via the tech revolution. These folks have to rent loyalty from the plebes which one can see in the MN protests. The POCs and poors aren't out there because no money in it.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:34 AM (WDjG6)

The Left may have overcalculated, their supposed Armies of Street Thugs are starting to see that there's nothing in it for them, no reason to go Gorilla Mode and kill for a bunch of rich white soy-infused trust fund nepots.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)

440 "A protester lost his vision after intervening in an ICE arrest. Maybe trying to stop it wasn’t the right move"

It's just one eye, he should keep protesting. He only has one life to give for his "protest", but he has two eyes, toughen up.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (vbXSk)

441 Nood, btw.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (NcvvS)

442 438 He had heart issues, as did his dad. My wife's friend lost her brother to a heart attack at the age of 43. With no signs of previous heart issues. It does happen.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 16, 2026 09:38 AM (5xuJ/)

Still, not long before he died, he made a big deal out of that whole "I won the auction to have dinner with Bill Ayers" thing...

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)

443 In fairness, this is why their parents fought. Nobody would play king games if they didn't get to hand the future to their kids. The good kings ensure their kids can both continue the work *and* still have a kingdom to rule.

The mediocre kings do one or the other. The bad kings do neither.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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China effectively aborted its future with its one child policy and now they are beginning to pay the piper. And its ruling class is far more interested in stealing everything not nailed down and doing shakedowns of its private firms for additional grift.

The commies in the West are also hot house flowers because they don't understand the psychology of the proletariant anymore. The proletariat don't want to own nothing, instead they are as avaricious as a Wall Street banker. Pay them welfare and they frankly don't give much of a shit about street antics and cosplay revolutionaries. It is the young and educated, often pretty wealthy, that are the enraged footsoldiers of the left. These are people that have been educated beyond their competence and are filled with rage that they don't have positions that they think are commensurate with their bien pensant status.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:42 AM (WDjG6)

444 443 It is the young and educated, often pretty wealthy, that are the enraged footsoldiers of the left. These are people that have been educated beyond their competence and are filled with rage that they don't have positions that they think are commensurate with their bien pensant status.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:42 AM (WDjG6)

They want to know why they don't get invited to the Eyes Wide Shut Child Rape Orgies.

Posted by: XTC at January 16, 2026 09:46 AM (uEmCf)

445 The Left may have overcalculated, their supposed Armies of Street Thugs are starting to see that there's nothing in it for them, no reason to go Gorilla Mode and kill for a bunch of rich white soy-infused trust fund nepots.
Posted by: XTC

There is a brief but illuminating scene in St. Elmo's Fire movie where one of the characters is a social worker.

A client woman comes in and the social worker is all abuzz about the female client signing up for this or that program to get out of poverty. The woman listens for a bit and then tells her, all I want is my check.

And as she was leaving, the client tells the social worker, something like you outta get out of here, marry a good looking guy, and then you would not have to be dealing with this shit.

Welfare classes are not revolutionary because they don't view life as some means to create ideological utopias. They just want to get paid so they can get back to their own lives in a bit of comfort.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:47 AM (WDjG6)

446 "He had heart issues, as did his dad."

Makes it easy for the Dark Police to use their heart attack gun, make it look "normal". But we will probably never know. Same for many others ... Rush, Mike Flynn, ummm I used to remember other names that died too young.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 16, 2026 09:48 AM (vbXSk)

447 They want to know why they don't get invited to the Eyes Wide Shut Child Rape Orgies.
Posted by: XTC
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Something like that, they have enormous entitlement issues but they cannot seem to pay the rent, their schooling without massive debt, or for a car. And they think themselves as philosopher kings that should not worry about such mundane activities. That tendency increases as they climb the education scale in degrees. They hate hate hate the successful plumber, the electrician, the shop or factory owner, because they have as much if not more money than them despite not being 'smart'.

Teachers' pets gone wild.

Posted by: whig at January 16, 2026 09:50 AM (WDjG6)

448 "senior Iranian officials are funneling their money out of the country"

It's crap like this that needs to be punished but men and judges will never put these officials on trial or punish them for the theft of a country's wealth.

Posted by: Joe at January 16, 2026 09:57 AM (Uy/WF)

449 Andrew Breitbart was adopted at three-weeks old and it's not clear if he ever knew his biological father.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2026 10:00 AM (b4LBp)

450 Democrats need to be exterminated and all foreign interlopers forcibly expelled.

Posted by: JoshO at January 16, 2026 10:21 AM (xL2KH)

451 "Emergency Intervention": Trump To Cap Residential Electric Bills By Forcing Tech Giants To Pay For Soaring Power Costs
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Friday’s action is being cast as a one-time emergency intervention into the PJM market, necessary because of the rapid rise in electricity prices in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The latest PJM auction for Pennsylvania came up 65 MW short so I have no idea how they will supply the three different data center proposals immediately surround the Limerick Nuclear Plant outside Philadelphia.

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:32 AM (RHGPo)

452 Gavin Newsom Caught In Massive Self-Own Over California Gas Prices

Bragging about $4.00-$5.00 gas when the national average is $2.84 is peak Newsom

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

453 Iranian Warships Are Docked At Cape Town: South Africa 'Cozying Up' To Tehran

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2026 10:46 AM (RHGPo)

454 Thelma Lou was very pretty.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 09:02 AM

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And despite being frequently taken for granted by Barney, Thelma Lou seemed much more pleasant than Helen Crump who had a sour personality and was always kvetching about something. Maybe Aneta Corsaut was just pissed off that Andy cheated on his wives with her but never left them.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 16, 2026 10:49 AM (1Au9i)

455 I think that the reason why the Left cannot let go of trans madness is because they have absolute total control of society at their fingertips, just barely outside their grasp; they can touch it and nearly taste it, and it's too sweet and savory to let go of, even if they lose everything in the trying and failing.

Theodore Dalrymple ( https://archive.is/WBcUY ):

"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to."

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:05 AM (Sy6m/)

456 ICE in Minn and Protest. Internal polling shows Trump is taking a hit over deportations. He is losing independent voters. Say goodbye to the midterms.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at January 16, 2026 11:28 AM (KDIbm)

Daily Tech News 16 January 2026

Top Story


Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: This graphics card has rung down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 04:03 AM (Ti0Hb)

2 well BOING!ed!

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (SSiCQ)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (SSiCQ)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Italy's privacy watchdog is under investigation for corruption and embezzlement. (Reuters)
I am shocked, shocked, to see corruption and embezzlement going on in here!

haha!

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:05 AM (SSiCQ)

6 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 16, 2026 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

7 >>>Everything I ordered during my definitely not drunken New Years Eve shopping spree

You don't drink, I think. Even when not ordering techy things.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:06 AM (SSiCQ)

8 Gotta cook.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 04:07 AM (Ti0Hb)

9 Gotta caffeinate.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:07 AM (SSiCQ)

10 My phone is giving system isn't responding on everything

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 16, 2026 04:12 AM (bQ4nt)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 04:23 AM (YoT4f)

13 >>>Everything I ordered during my definitely not drunken New Years Eve shopping spree has now shipped.

>You too? We need to unplug and just watch the disco ball drop.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:25 AM (BSdIE)

14 Is there a reason why NVidia is lying about vid cards availability?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 04:34 AM (YoT4f)

15 10 My phone is giving system isn't responding on everything
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

My brain was doing that pre-caffeination.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:40 AM (SSiCQ)

16 My apple phone is trying to update everything again, and now it says, "Experience the new intelligence system." NO, I don't want to do that!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:43 AM (Nx5jP)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 16, 2026 04:51 AM (AN2gy)

18 Devotional on "An enlarged heart"-Psalm 119:30-41. Devotional is followed by a prayer, reflection and additional insights:

https://tinyurl.com/2ayp3ayj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:51 AM (Nx5jP)

19 Family sings worship cover song, "Give thanks"

https://tinyurl.com/3hr2bwe9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:53 AM (Nx5jP)

20 Besides a sausage, egg and cheese on a English muffin had a breakfast cookie

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)

21 My iPhone updated Wednesday. All the AI and Siri stuff I can find is off.

Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 04:55 AM (FqNtp)

22 Tiny deer takes on a massive rhino at Chinese zoo:

https://tinyurl.com/28m6sc8n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:57 AM (Nx5jP)

23 Don't know Chris Rhea but that was nice

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Chris Rea was very popular in the UK and Europe. Had some hits on this side of the Atlantic but never really got big. I liked him.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 05:07 AM (YoT4f)

25 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 16, 2026 05:12 AM (PzBTm)

26 @24/Puddleglum: I'm fond of his songs "Texas" and "The Road to Hell".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

27 Rosasharn TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

28 As usual, Your video I see here start getting suggested on my YouTube
Chris Rhea died last year

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 05:21 AM (tljrc)

30 @28/Skip: Wikipedia has it that he died 22 December 2025 (aged 74) in Berkshire, England.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

31 Morning peeps

Insomnia has plagued me this AM.

And gas. Mostly gas.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 05:23 AM (U2OZr)

32 (Empty) Blackhawk down:

https://tinyurl.com/5apdesv6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 05:25 AM (q8Zj0)

33 Mornin', Horde. Been awake almost 4 hours, so read the ONT, went to the gym, got coffee, now resting comfortably.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 05:25 AM (NcvvS)

34 Chilly out, in 20s
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

35 Senators are "demanding answers"! Not the dreaded strongly worded letter?...oh the horrors. Big tech must be shaking in their boots. Nothing a tiny campaign donation won't swiftly dismiss until the rubes' attention is drawn elsewhere.

Posted by: Deep Flake at January 16, 2026 05:29 AM (hyQrc)

36 Morning all from the ER. No idea. Back spasm so bad it made me go.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (GK5Hx)

37 Honestly, real bullet to the lower body should have been used much earlier on:

https://tinyurl.com/y68m5s28

This is... nuts!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (q8Zj0)

38 Evening and morning, all! It's Friday, the consummatin devoutly to be wished!

It's 45 F. here, no wind to speak of so no wind chill. We'll supposedly hit 68 this pm, so I plan to work out in the afternoon. This morning, car wash and a quick Walmart visit, and maybe a stop at a coffee shop for a small pastry. (They're all small, but their prices are not.)

So, what's the world coming to? Is Iran's ruling regime in smoking ruins yet?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

39 Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (GK5Hx)

Sorry to hear that. May you receive answers and healing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:39 AM (Nx5jP)

40 Good morning! Kinda chilly here in Cowtown, headed for the high 50s this afternoon. The squirrel has found the new bird feeder but it has a camera on it so now he has a mug shot.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 16, 2026 05:42 AM (3Ope8)

41 Mary Poppins PPP

I hope you are here today

Last time you were here you mentioned that you felt numb and can't feel God. That's not unusual for all people of faith at some time or another. Here are some thoughts on that from a Christian perspective:

https://tinyurl.com/yuz5arh4

I am praying for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:48 AM (Nx5jP)

42 Yeah, I'm not believing a word from Nvidia on that 5070 Ti/5060 Ti walkback.

They said the same thing about the availablility of their cards this time last year and it all turned out to be B.S., and that was before memory prices skyrocketed.

Once they finally got their cards into the supply stream the prices were well above MSRP and still are for the higher VRAM cards, especially the 5080 and 5090 which have never come close to MSRP.

So maybe they'll keep selling 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti but you probably aren't going to enjoy paying $1000 for what's supposed to be a $750 card, or $650 for what's supposed to be a $430 card.

AMD can make some real headway here in the midrange GPU market if they don't shoot themselves in the foot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

43 @32/Biden's Dog: Well that one won't be airworthy ever again. Expensive strap failure, that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

44 G'mornin' everyone!

pure poetry this morning, Pixy!

snowed (snew?) overnight, must investigate

and make a cup of coffee

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 16, 2026 06:07 AM (Cjt/F)

45
*telegram noises in background*

Good morning, Hordians. A cold, crisp morning here at Schloss Hadrian. Need to run out to Lowes or Home Depot today. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy start their weekend at the Mississippi State KC shows this weekend. Today's judging time is 9:00. Exhibitors of heavily-coated breeds just love early judging times... not!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 06:17 AM (tgvbd)

46 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Well, it mumbles a bit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 16, 2026 06:20 AM (X4XpB)

47

ACHTUNG:


Morning REPORT is now up.


Go!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2026 06:21 AM (x0n13)

48 .
That's a NOOD, Hordelings.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

49 That's a NOOD, Hordelings.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026


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JJS is way early

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

50 44 G'mornin' everyone!

pure poetry this morning, Pixy!

snowed (snew?) overnight, must investigate

and make a cup of coffee
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 16, 2026 06:07 AM (Cjt/F)

snew

haha!

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 10:29 AM (SSiCQ)

51 30 @28/Skip: Wikipedia has it that he died 22 December 2025 (aged 74) in Berkshire, England.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

It lists Health Issues. He went through a lot.

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 11:03 AM (SSiCQ)

52 kilned.

Posted by: cmeat at January 16, 2026 11:53 AM (R11M+)

53 46 yeah, not a bergamont fan but wound up with a pound of it. dunk the wooden spoon in honey, two capsfuls key lime juice. very nice.
searching for second flush nepalese ilam to replace.

Posted by: cmeat at January 16, 2026 12:00 PM (R11M+)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 15, 2026 [Doof]

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Howdy Hordelings! Thursday night ONT time. Appreciate you being here!

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Feel good story

Fiancé Surprises His Bride with Wedding Shower in the Preschool Where They First Met as Toddlers

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Engaged to be wed this month, a young Texan wrangled the support of an entire preschool class to throw his fiancée a surprise bridal shower.

Walking into her preschool class at Shlenker school in Houston, Zoe Kampf was surprised by a troupe of children dressed in floral garlands and bow ties who handed her a tiara and a sash.

In the middle of it all was her hubby-to-be, Sean Folloder, in the very room where he had first met his beloved.

“When I walked in, I was really surprised,” Kampf told the Jewish Herald-Voice. “They had cookies and decorated the classroom. They gave me a sash and a veil and crown. It was really cute.”

Well played, Sean.

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Unexpectedly!

One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets

Over the decades, a glacier in Central Asia appears to have been growing when almost every other glacier on Earth has been shrinking.

Now, a scientific expedition has recovered ice cores containing 30,000 years of frozen water in the hopes that somewhere inside lies some indication of how we can help these rivers of ice survive as the planet warms.

Located in the Pamir Mountains, the Kon-Chukurbashi high-altitude ice cap in Tajikistan defies convention. While a substantial number of glaciers have completely disappeared, it has grown in size, and scientists want to know how and why.

You don't need to check out the whole thing. But it is a hoot to still see these climate doomers before they go the way of the dodo.

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AI is asshoe.

Court Invalidates Marriage Due to Incorrect AI-Generated Speech During Wedding Ceremony

On January 6th, the District Court of Overijssel, in the Netherlands, invalidated a wedding ceremony held in April of last year in the city of Zwolle. Despite the married couple’s pleas, the Court decided that their marriage had never legally existed because the wording of their wedding speeches, which had been generated by ChatGPT, did not include certain mandatory phrases.

The Dutch couple had appointed a friend to officiate as a temporary civil registrar, known as an eendagsbabs in the Netherlands, and he decided to have ChatGPT generate more romantic and informal speeches for the newlyweds. The bot came up with a more relaxed version of the usual wedding speech, but one that did not include a mandatory declaration.

Using ChatGPT to devise your wedding speech? Asshoes!

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Only 11 years for our Wednesday ONT host to finish growing up?

T. rex took 40 years to become fully grown

An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex individuals reveals that the dinosaurs matured much more slowly than previously thought, and adds to the evidence that they weren't all one species

The largest-ever analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils suggests the giant and fierce Cretaceous predator was a late bloomer, taking 35 to 40 years to reach maturity.

The findings also further the debate about whether there were several T. rex species instead of just one and whether smaller specimens, once thought to be juveniles, are in fact a more diminutive species called Nanotyrannus.

Keep growing, lil Dino!

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Pedal to the metal!

A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’

Americans love driving fast cars fast. It’s the mystique of white-knuckling a sports car to its limit that made the German autobahn and Paul Walker famous.

An Arizona lawmaker wants to give drivers the green light to drive as fast as they deem “reasonable and prudent” on some of the state’s long, straight stretches of paved road, saying the lack of a speed limit will actually reduce deadly crashes. A traffic safety advocate said the bill invites catastrophic wrecks that could lead to higher insurance premiums for the state’s slowpokes.

Probably good arguments against this, but it sounds kinda kewl to me!

Kraftwerk agrees

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What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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1 🛸
Sorry I'm early. My Refresh button got stuck.

Posted by: mindful webworker - surrealistically at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (FMpsC)

2
Yay. ONT

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (3ek7K)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)

4
I alerted the miscreants

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (3ek7K)

5 Voici ONT!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (nbLIj)

6 Gorgeous mountains.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (APZWP)

7 The theme is types of alcohol? Gin, bourbon, and wine?

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)

8 One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
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Daily diet of vitamins and minerals? (ESPECIALLY MINERALS!)

Constant, regular exercise?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

9 Tonight's ONT brought to you by product origins

Anyone didn't see that punchline coming is a fed.

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (nhCoE)

10 Booze

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (IhIKR)

11 Kon-Chukurbashi is hoarding all the ice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - invade the Pamir Mountains at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (FMpsC)

12 Nice to see AZ making news for wanting to try something different. Too bad they used a CA road sign at the top of the article.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (lUFok)

13 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

14 That was a long time to wait for the ONT. I hope everyone is okay.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (P5A9z)

15
Wine here tonight

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (3ek7K)

16 One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
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Daily diet of vitamins and minerals? (ESPECIALLY MINERALS!)

Constant, regular exercise?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Proper hydration, surely?

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (nhCoE)

17
Predator pranks Alien

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KLB9kZ5Sg1k

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (y9nCu)

18 America’s autobahn? I thought that was Montana.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0MjtC)

19 Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.

Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te)

20 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (SRRAx)

21 Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.
Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te)


Hahaha!!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

22 The performers have alcoholic names!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

23 No speed limit in the US? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. We have lots of cars around capable of 150+mph. Going fast is a learned skill. Stopping from going fast is another. Tires are another. The vast range of idiots around is the last!

Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

24 Booze
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (IhIKR)


The source of and the solution to most of our problems.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

25 Heh at joke.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

26 Mr. Doooooooooof! Thanks for the entertaining Thursday Night ONT!

So our little T-Rex is a late bloomer, eh? When do his arms catch up with the rest of his body?

That history of the condom is pretty funny...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)

27 The theme is types of alcohol? Gin, bourbon, and wine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)


You missed a couple varieties with George Thorogood, but yes.

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

28 I'm only capable of Level 1 puzzles so I have to take it where I can.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

29 One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets

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Government grants! The secret is government grants!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl)

30 How are you, Teresa? Recovered from that nasty bug? How is your treatment going?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (nz1sK)

31
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (x4Mz/)

32 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)


YW!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

33 One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets

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Government grants! The secret is government grants!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl)
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How many Somalis claim to live on or around the glacier?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (ESVrU)

34 Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.

On a related note, I suspect the AZ traffic engineers would prefer the flat roads get laid out like the one in the top photo; driving 3 miles to get 1 mile closer to your destination.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)

35 Using ChatGPT to devise your wedding speech? Asshoes!
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Yeah, nothing says personalizing your vows quite like ChatGPT.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (vSvIl)

36 Mr. Doooooooooof! Thanks for the entertaining Thursday Night ONT!

So our little T-Rex is a late bloomer, eh? When do his arms catch up with the rest of his body?

That history of the condom is pretty funny...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)


Glad you enjoyed it!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

37 Mr Scary was my lab partner in sophomore biology class. We were just pals. There was time and space and we grew on each other. Like mold, but nicer. This year our marriage turns 29.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (n4Qav)

38 35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?

About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (lUFok)

39 There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought. California or Nevada. Some time in the 90s. Am I remembering that right? I was on a road trip with a friend and I remember him saying some road we were going hella fast on was fine actually because it had no speed limit.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (3uBP9)

40 Hey guys,

I hope you are all having a wonderful evening.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (2F0/Y)

41 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (4BNa1)

42 Amy Winehouse no good? Well, I'm sure she's rottin' by now.*




* Too soon?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)

43 Why are "scientists" so concerned about chunks of ice? Water changes state every day all over the world. Just happened on my stove a while ago.

Posted by: Glacial Pace at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

44 A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
__________________________

I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway"

(Ok, maybe the Jayne Mansfield one was just a tad over the line.....BUT, so was she...so BONUS)

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

45 That history of the condom is pretty funny...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)

The Australian version uses New Zealand and sheep.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (S/Y4j)

46 I think glaciers are healthy at any size.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (w/O5Q)

47 I think Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth is having its 20th anniversary .

It didn’t age well to say the least.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (KDPiq)

48 Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.
Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te)

Bloody right!

Posted by: Prince Andrew at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (N/gmR)

49 whoa....#44 James DEAN....that's James DEAN, not James DEAD...although he is that...

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

50 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

Perf, I have a pic that might be suitable for the BT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (uQesX)

51 I was on a road trip with a friend and I remember him saying some road we were going hella fast on was fine actually because it had no speed limit.

Your friend is full of sh*t. But you probably already knew that.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (Fs0KI)

52 Man, it's too cold in GA. The latest weather report says there'll be glaciers. I escaped the midwest to get away from this.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (3uBP9)

53 Arizona lawmaker wants to give drivers the green light to drive as fast as they deem “reasonable and prudent” on some of the state’s long, straight stretches...


Highway 90 between Sierra Vista and Tombstone. 105 mph.
This was 1975.
So I was told...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

54 No speed limit in the US? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. We have lots of cars around capable of 150+mph. Going fast is a learned skill. Stopping from going fast is another. Tires are another. The vast range of idiots around is the last!

Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK

====

You'd have to ban dumbass Hoosiers from the state. There wouldbe carnage from 100+ mph cars plowing into Indiana-plated cars going 55 in the passing lane.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (8AONa)

55 35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?

About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes.
Posted by: Blanco Basura


And while they could really mash the pedals, the steering wheel was problematic.

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (nhCoE)

56 I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway"

Since they finally finished the 101 south of San Jose a while back CA82 is no longer known as "Blood Alley". Could maybe use that?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (lUFok)

57 Booze is ALWAYS the theme of the Horde.

Where the Valu-Rite flows like manna.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (6Uni8)

58 Well played, Sean.
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A friend and her husband became sweethearts in elementary school.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (4BNa1)

59 Speed limits are based on road conditions. I don’t have a problem with people driving fast on 4 lane divided highway with limited traffic and unlimited visibility, long straight stretches, dry pavement and the rest of it.

I do have a problem with people driving the speed limit in poor visibility or at night in the rain and snow on 2 lane roads with curves, etc. I’ve never seen anyone get a ticket for that, unless they are in a collision. A little late then, huh.

One thing Europe does correct is the Autobahn - right? … but then note well the large trucks or semis are limited to the right hand lane and no more than 100kph (62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq)

60 Has Busfield been located yet?

Posted by: Wrong Arm Of The Law at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)

61 There's a 16-mile stretch between Shawnee, Oklahoma and the Turner Turnpike (Chandler, Oklahoma). Those 16 miles were bliss to the freshman in college me--I hit all kinds of speeds over that 2-lane stretch. In retrospect, I question only how I would have done had I climbed a hill and found a combine in my lane.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

62 I see they caught the guy that stole a rifle and ammo from an ICE vehicle. Some Latin Kings thug with a long rap sheet ... they got his license plate, and tracked him down.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (vbXSk)

63 Government grants! The secret is government grants!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl)

Money for Somalian!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

64 22 The performers have alcoholic names!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

The performers are alcoholics. Or were, in Amy's case.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (MZ+PY)

65 31
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (x4Mz/)

Marc Bolan?

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (6Uni8)

66 ice cores containing 30,000 years of frozen water in the hopes that somewhere inside lies some indication of how we can help these rivers of ice survive as the planet warms.


Warming?
I read that to say we've been getting colder for the last 30,000 years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)

67 > A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
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I-5, east of San Jose and all the way to Bakersfield. Flat, good visibility, radar detector. Yea... 130MPH is doable for long periods of time.

Until you need gas.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (U2OZr)

68 The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP)

69 You'd have to ban dumbass Hoosiers from the state. There wouldbe carnage from 100+ mph cars plowing into Indiana-plated cars going 55 in the passing lane.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Ohio waves "hi".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (N/gmR)

70 35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?

About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

And while they could really mash the pedals, the steering wheel was problematic.
Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (nhCoE)

That must be why they only drove cars like the 1903 Oldsmobile, with the long steering arm.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

71 Has Busfield been located yet?

I thought they locked his ass up in the Bernalillo County jail?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (lUFok)

72 I look forward to reading exciting reports from Arizona's new Darwin Awards Highway.

Posted by: mindful webworker - how do you get this thing out of second gear?? at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (FMpsC)

73 Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:

Everclear
April Wine
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj)

74 Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.

Probably.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)

75 The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP)
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They store them in giant freezers during the off season.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU)

76 I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway"

(Ok, maybe the Jayne Mansfield one was just a tad over the line.....BUT, so was she...so BONUS)
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

Arizona, right? Maybe we should put Tom in the Mix?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (uQesX)

77 Busfield turned himself in. Said it's a lie and when he gets hold of the kid, he's going to spank that little monkey.

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (0e5Te)

78 I've driven the Autobahn (the German one) in a Ford Thunderbird. One of the US Armored guys had it shipped over. There were two problems.

1. It was a Sunday morning, and that's when the serious drivers are out burning carbon...scary fast.

2. The second problem was more pronounced. It was just before the Berlin wall came down, and there were East Germans sneaking into West Germany through Hungary...in their Trabants (which were powered by twisted rubber bands). And, those idiots were in the far left lane causing some of the worst accidents Germany had ever seen until the banned them at certain times of the day.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (dIske)

79 Has Busfield been located yet?
----

Yeah. He turned himself in. But only after he posted a video to social media declaring his innocence.

I don't know how I feel about it yet.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (Cjcf6)

80 Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.

Probably.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)

He might be playing with an RC TRex, and lost track of time.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)

81 >>> One thing Europe does correct is the Autobahn - right? … but then note well the large trucks or semis are limited to the right hand lane and no more than 100kph (62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq)


Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did.

I found it:
youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc

She's a keeper.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (3uBP9)

82 Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:

Everclear
April Wine
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj)


Damn. Missed opportunity for April Wine - Roller.
https://youtu.be/he3VGX3rfck

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

83 A few states had “reasonable and prudent” speed limits (during daylight hours) way back in the day.

By the time of the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit (Richard Nixon signed it into law) only Montana balked, and officially complied though speeding tickets were only a $5 fine, payable on the spot, for “wasting energy”.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S4YIq)

84 The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP)

Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (bhZyo)

85 Another thing to consider about AZ is that recreational marijuana is legal. When high speed meets good weed, bad things are gonna happen.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (lUFok)

86 I think those Montana $5 tickets lasted for the whole day.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)

87 Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:

Everclear
April Wine
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young...
Posted by: Joe Kidd


Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins

https://youtu.be/-x07IbOgEUU

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

88 Musk -
“I will be filing for full custody today,” Elon, 54, wrote on X Jan. 12, “given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy.”
---

Maybe he will start using more discretion in his choice of girlfriends.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (4BNa1)

89 I saw Uppers, Weed, Pills & Hash open for the Mugwumps at the Fillmore in ‘68

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (S4YIq)

90 (62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison.
Posted by: Common Tater

I didn't get where I am today, head of Sunshine Desserts, by concerning myself with such trivialities as brakes. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: C.J., Sunshine Desserts at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (oftw2)

91 Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI)

92 Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy


IIRC, during the Covidiocy lockdown.

And they replaced them with signs without a date. Can't admit to being wrong!

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (nhCoE)

93 Another thing to consider about AZ is that recreational marijuana is legal. When high speed meets good weed, bad things are gonna happen.
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I'm not a fan of legal weed. Sometimes society should decide that certain things are hard to obtain. It separates certain people from other people.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)

94 74 Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.

Probably.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM
***
How did you know?

I never really thought that a TRex matures. Perhaps just becomes more seasoned. I'm more like an 8 year old stuck in a 29 year old body. Fart jokes are still funny and matchbox cars are still cool.

Posted by: TRex - dino en route to AZ at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

95 Darlin' Doof...I even got the connection of the songs! For once!

Loved the preschool romance. It will be 50yrs this September when I met my guy in a hospital elevator. Introduced by one of my classmates he was "sort of" dating. Going to have our son or DIL take our photo in the elevator, which I know is weird vs a field or normal, like in class or a blind date, or a plane. But it is what it is. He asked if there's going to be a side eye shot of him looking at my boobs and I said he did not. Yes, apparently, he did when I wasn't looking. I guess all guys do this? Except the gheys?

We just watched a weird but funny at times movie called Hit and Run. We spent most of the movie in a super weird conversation throughout. Guessing who the stars were and various idiotic stuff about them.Movies we'd seen them in, someone was dating a model, etc. In sort of short hand disjointed sentences as we watched. Normally we make more sense.

Keep in mind we are retarded and barely know who anyone is, so it was pitiful at times. Somehow he knew Bradley Cooper was dating a Hadid model.

I laughed and said even for us this is a weird conversation and he agreed. Such are the daze of our lives.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (WONhk)

96 You know, that quoted bit about the two people who met in kindergarten doesn't say they were both students in the kindergarten. In this day and age that might be something important to put right up front in the first paragraph or so. Just sayin'.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (lUAkb)

97 Cute story about the engagement party. My brother met his wife in elementary school. My sister babysat her. They used to play with He-Man figures, obviously she was She-ra. They put those figures on their wedding cake.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (OoFl2)

98 Using ChatGPT to devise your wedding speech anything? Asshoes!

FTFY

Posted by: AI can suck my balls at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (TbWk/)

99 Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did.

I found it:
youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc

She's a keeper.


Sabine Schmitz, who sadly left this world in 2021.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (lUFok)

100 Spent considerable time on the autobahn, mid - 80s. Only saw one wreck and, hoo boy! Several fatalities. Involved a big Audi going over the center wall at some significant speed. I was on the same side as the Audi and all I saw was that car upside down in the air headed into the other lane. Gasthaus knew the story that evening.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA)

101 Their music was already tedious:

Dropkick Murphys are releasing the anti-I.C.E. song “Citizen I.C.E.” as part of a new tour-only split LP with fellow Boston band Haywire titled New England Forever.

“Citizen I.C.E.” is a reworking of the Dropkick’s 2005 song “Citizen C.I.A.” Performed live during the band’s Fall 2025 European tour, the reworking melds the original’s surging arrangement with lyrics that don’t pull punches: “Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop/ Citizen I.C.E.” Haywire also lend a hand and are featured on the track.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (Cjcf6)

102 Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (bhZyo)


Yes, those were posted in the Obama years.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (APZWP)

103 Darlin' Doof...I even got the connection of the songs! For once!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (WONhk)


I knew you could do it!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

104 I think under the Leftist Rules of Concern, Outrage, and Smug Superiority, once you put a Gaza or Ukraine flag in your Twitter bio, you don't have to talk about it or do anything else.

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (0e5Te)

105 An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex
Wait, to know how old he is we have to cut him open?!?
No wonder dinosaurs are extinct.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (lUAkb)

106 Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (1auMZ)

107 My lovely wife claims she noticed me while dragging the High Street bars back in the 70's. I said, "No way!" She said "Yes, way!" and described who I was with, what I was wearing, and exactly what I was doing. Dayum - she was right.

We didn't meet again until 30 some odd years later and it's a damn good thing we didn't. As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

108 I knew you could do it!
Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

Takin' the short bus! Thanks, you Moron.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (WONhk)

109 Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

IIRC, during the Covidiocy lockdown.

And they replaced them with signs without a date. Can't admit to being wrong!
Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (nhCoE)

I'm waiting to see the glaciers expand and knock those signs down.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)

110 I miss Amy Winehouse. She had IT!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (BSdIE)

111 I never really thought that a TRex matures. Perhaps just becomes more seasoned. I'm more like an 8 year old stuck in a 29 year old body. Fart jokes are still funny and matchbox cars are still cool.
Posted by: TRex - dino en route to AZ at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)


Can a T Rex do the "pull my finger" thing?

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

112 Can a T Rex do the "pull my finger" thing?

Yep. But you gotta be pretty tall to reach it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

113
Maybe he will start using more discretion in his choice of girlfriends.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (4BNa1

He actually said this in a post. Well, what he said was he can’t populate the earth with his offspring all over everywhere and this debacle has hurt people he loves. Perhaps a reference to Shivon? He is also in a battle with Grimes, who despite all her weirdness has stopped playing her drama out publicly. I think if you have a muskette, you should shut up and be the one he trusts. Otherwise, it is going to be very, very hard for you.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2)

114 You people and your Gottdamn meet-cute happy ending fairy tale stories. *grumbles*

Posted by: Life is such a fucking disappointment at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (TbWk/)

115 As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

College was when we met. He knows all about me. No secrets. He knew exactly what he was getting into and so did I.

We were both a bit wild and crazy and got it out of our systems before we hatched sons. Raised them to be outstanding men who vote conservative. Somehow we did it and they have no idea what we did in our youth. No regrets.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)

116 I've seen much more sketchy driving on on US freeways at low speed than the German autobahn at high speed.

As much as people might thing the Autobahns are ruled by the sportscars, the truth is the black and gray wagons are the ones to watch for. They fly.

Brush with fame - we crossed paths with Sabine a few times. I have a photo of us together somewhere standing next to her Porsche race car with a giant meatball on the side (Frikadelli sponsorship). She grew up at the Nurburgring. She was special.

Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

117 I might have once got the 1970 Mustang Mach I up to 99mph on the turnpike from Tulsa to OKC. Managed to have it slowed down to only 80 when the hypo caught me.

The speed limit was 70 back then, IIRC, so the ticket wasn't as bad as it might have been.

I did not ever again tempt fate (and jail time and loss of license).

Anyway, the gal I was hustling down to meet stood me up.

No regerts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 351 four in the floor herst shifter fire-engine red at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (FMpsC)

118 Bar's open, right?

https://youtu.be/mKc_Ej8RiVs

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

119 >>> 115 As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

College was when we met. He knows all about me. No secrets. He knew exactly what he was getting into and so did I.

We were both a bit wild and crazy and got it out of our systems before we hatched sons. Raised them to be outstanding men who vote conservative. Somehow we did it and they have no idea what we did in our youth. No regrets.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)

Are you sure they don't lurk here?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (ULPxl)

120 Electric blankets are wonderful. Especially when you’re single. And it’s wintertime. And it’s cold outside.

Of course a snuggle with someone would also be nice.

Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth.

Or turn your electric blanket up another notch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IhIKR)

121 Spent considerable time on the autobahn, mid - 80s. Only saw one wreck and, hoo boy! Several fatalities. Involved a big Audi going over the center wall at some significant speed. I was on the same side as the Audi and all I saw was that car upside down in the air headed into the other lane. Gasthaus knew the story that evening.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA)


Worst one I saw was in Nuremburg. Lady got T-boned while turning in an intersection. No seatbelt and she went flying out the passenger side of the car and hit the sidewalk curb. Nasty.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

122 Bar's open, right?

https://youtu.be/mKc_Ej8RiVs
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)


If you're here, of course it's open!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)

123 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B)

124 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B)


Howdy AOP!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

125 120 Electric blankets are wonderful. Especially when you’re single. And it’s wintertime. And it’s cold outside.

Of course a snuggle with someone would also be nice.

Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth.

Or turn your electric blanket up another notch.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IhIKR)

Or snuggle a creature. Currently there are 2 cats and a dog in here with me. It’s actually kind of crowded, but they are comfy cozy.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (OoFl2)

126 "The Dark Crystal" looks great in 4K. It's still not a great story. But looks great!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (CHHv1)

127 Winehouse' "back to black" is still heartwrenching.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

128 106 Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.
Posted by: Effie Perrine

That was almost exactly my daughter's experience. She had it done in college around 2008, then joined the Army right after graduation. She was happy she needed no glasses in the military, especially deploying to Afghanistan. She left the Army as a Captain in 2015, but within about three years started needing specs again. She is a married Mom of two and is A CPA for Lockheed-Martin.

Posted by: All I Know About Glasses at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

129 "The Dark Crystal" looks great in 4K. It's still not a great story. But looks great!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm


Yeah, the TV series was better.
It was a death penalty offense not to produce more seasons.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)

130 DOOF!

I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu)

131 Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth.

Or turn your electric blanket up another notch.
Posted by: nurse ratched
-----------

{{{nurse}}}

Yeah, got the 'lectric blanket... Can only hold hands with hubby at the facility. *sad face*

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm)

132 I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.

Does that make it better?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2)

133 >>> He actually said this in a post. Well, what he said was he can’t populate the earth with his offspring all over everywhere and this debacle has hurt people he loves. Perhaps a reference to Shivon? He is also in a battle with Grimes, who despite all her weirdness has stopped playing her drama out publicly. I think if you have a muskette, you should shut up and be the one he trusts. Otherwise, it is going to be very, very hard for you.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2)


I think he was pretty crappy to grimes for a while. In a scattered brain, oblivious, not taking care of important health issue, doctor stuff for his children way. He's too much of a man child and needs to grow up.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (3uBP9)

134 I always liked seeing the big sign on the overpass on eastbound I-90 at Exit 0, Lookout Pass (border with Idaho) that proclaimed the daytime speed limit to be "reasonable and prudent". There were stretches of that highway north of Butte where I'd be doing 80 or so in my truck and be passed by cars doing at least 30mph faster.

As the article mentions, it was a Libertarian Party member who got that killed. Another reason to dislike the party of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (j7INY)

135 I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Try it with Bailey's! Seriously. It's like a melted ice cream float.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)

136 DOOF!

I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu)


Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (QMAsf)

137 I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.

Does that make it better?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2)
====

What matters is, How are her sammiches.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

138 DOOF!

I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu)

NO YOU'RE ON DRUGS!!!

Posted by: Guess the reference for retro points at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)

139 The history of the condom is incomplete. It doesn't explain why the muzzies invented it. That also involves goats. They were very enlightened during that time period as I've been told repeatedly.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (vzcgi)

140 Bar's open, right?

https://youtu.be/mKc_Ej8RiVs
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)


Wait! What???
Open?
That means there is a closing time.
Damn it. Nobody tells me anything.
*looks at tin foil membership*
This thing is worthless.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

141 From a January 2020 CNN article:

The signs at Glacier National Park warning that its signature glaciers would be gone by 2020 are being changed.

The signs in the Montana park were added more than a decade ago to reflect climate change forecasts at the time by the US Geological Survey, park spokeswoman Gina Kurzmen told CNN.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:48 PM (APZWP)

142 There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought. California or Nevada.
----
Nevada, but not really. They had no speed limits signs, but...
In 1972, I was stopped by a Nevada State cop on I80, out around Elko. He asked me if I knew how fast I was going. I said 107. He told me my speedo.was off, I was doing 102. He then proceeded to "larn" me about Nevada's speed law, which was "reasonable and prudent", and that 102 didn't meet that definition. He told me that anything above 90 during the day and 70 at night would get me pulled over. He let me off with a warning, because my car was in good mecanical.shape with good tires. I remember one thing he said - "You wouldn't believe the number of people I stop.out here, doing over a hundred with cord showing on their tires.. and with little kids in the car."
The next year, we had the gas crisis and the national 55. After we got rid of that, Nevada never went back, and had speed limits signs.like everyone else.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 10:48 PM (ibgwE)

143 Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.

On a related note, I suspect the AZ traffic engineers would prefer the flat roads get laid out like the one in the top photo; driving 3 miles to get 1 mile closer to your destination.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)

They have night limits on some roads, not all. Probably based upon frequency of animal strkes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B)

144 132 I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.

Does that make it better?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2)

Possibly. Were you buying or up for sale too?

Posted by: A meet-brute story at January 15, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/)

145 taking 35 to 40 years to reach maturity.
---------------

Well they've got me beat

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (E0p3T)

146 I hope sea level has risen to Al Gore's porch by now . . . .


What a dumbass!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA)

147 Evenin'


Over the decades, a glacier in Central Asia appears to have been growing when almost every other glacier on Earth has been shrinking.


Some are shrinking, others are not, but whatever.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (YoT4f)

148 Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (1auMZ)

The wife had it done in 1997. She was blind as a bat. If you're sitting across a large room she would not know who you were. If she lost her glasses she probably couldn't drive. Driving her home from the procedure she was reading license plates 3-4 cars ahead of us. We stopped at McDonalds on the way home, and sitting in the car in the parking lot was reading the frigging drive thru menu from the parking lot. I was amazed. She was seeing like a hawk. No more glasses, no contacts, zip, nadda. Almost 30 years later and she don't need reading glasses, and only just recently needs a mild set of glasses for driving, but isn't really a necessity. She just likes to be able see street signs from far away so they don't sneak up on her. She got a lot of millage out of that procedure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9)

149 I’ve taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible.

Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK)

150 146 I hope sea level has risen to Al Gore's porch by now . . . .


What a dumbass!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA)

They lie to us all the time. They know they're lying. They laugh all the way to the bank behind their devotees' backs. And yet, so many people remain enthralled, taking every word as gospel.

Posted by: Only sane man in the asylum at January 15, 2026 10:52 PM (TbWk/)

151 I suppose not too many folks liked Amy W...I really did dig her...oh well...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu)

152 The sad part of the glacier story is I'm sure the political clown who put up the sign still works there and has been promoted 3 times since he did it.
Literally, more people die in those government jobs than get fired.

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:53 PM (0e5Te)

153
I think he was pretty crappy to grimes for a while. In a scattered brain, oblivious, not taking care of important health issue, doctor stuff for his children way. He's too much of a man child and needs to grow up.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (3uBP9)

Agreed. She thought they were still a family. Then Shivon had twins. That’s pretty ugly. Maybe the silver lining of his experience with a psycho gold digger is he grows up and realizes women are humans, not incubators. He is a strangely hands on father for someone not super concerned who their mothers were.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:53 PM (OoFl2)

154 Biggest driving hazard currently IMHO is LED headlights at night. Those fucking things are BLINDING in oncoming traffic.

Posted by: Bring back the regular ones at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)

155 known as an eendagsbabs



The Dutch and Germans have the best words.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (kgFPv)

156 That picture of the mountain road would be sort of fun to cross-country ski to see if you lived.

My apt mates (two grad student guys I did not know) & their girlfriends & other friends took me on an adventure my first winter. Cross country skied from one canyon to another across a mountain ridge as seen in the photo (without the road). Sheer drops on each side of the narrow path I followed & did not look down. We got to someone's cabin about 4pm after hours of skiing & I remember collapsing in front of the fire after putting on dry clothes. I think I slept through dinner into the next day.

I firmly believe I had guardian angels as nothing bad ever happened to me and I took risks. I had fun.

I had good friends who looked out for me, including these apt mates. A friend arranged for me to have a room in this house & these two guys came with it. I did not tell my parents I was living with 2 guys in the same apt for months.

They were not happy that I moved across the country, being a half-wit and all. My mother called & one guy answered the phone. She quickly asked who that was (thinking I'd joined a cult or something).I had my own bedroom and bath I assured her; they had gfs!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (WONhk)

157 I remember my mom and I driving to Montreal and I was sleeping and woke up and she was sailing at 110.

That was scary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

158 Howdy Horde! Great ONT!

Posted by: Iris at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (bOJ2I)

159 Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq)

The Autobahn is Germany. France has stupid speed limits, and so does the UK.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (n9ltV)

160 I hope sea level has risen to Al Gore's porch by now . . . .


What a dumbass!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA)

They lie to us all the time. They know they're lying. They laugh all the way to the bank behind their devotees' backs. And yet, so many people remain enthralled, taking every word as gospel.
-----

Any man who supported that wimp should have been pilloried. What happened to men holding other men accountable? Can you imagine how many "men" supported Hillary and the 2024 drunkard?

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

161 157 I remember my mom and I driving to Montreal and I was sleeping and woke up and she was sailing at 110.

That was scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

No kidding. Anybody who wants to get to Montreal faster is a total maniac!

Posted by: Not the journey but the destination that matters at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (TbWk/)

162 France has stupid speed limits

And yellow headlights.

And they are French!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (47diA)

163 >>>Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.

>They have night limits on some roads, not all. Probably based upon frequency of animal strkes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

>How fast do you want to hit a deer? Or slide into the barrow pit from black ice? You can haul ass at your own risk. Self preservation is a choice.

Many of the roads were engineered when the speed limit was 55mph. Fair warning.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (BSdIE)

164 41 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story
Posted by: Braenyard



People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f)

165 Montana imposed limits after a guy was stopped doing something like 120 and got a ticket for not driving ins a safe manner. He fought the ticket went all the way to state Supreme Court and won. His argument was safe and prudent is too vague and the court agreed.

So the legislature said yeah that’s kinda fucked up and added a speed limit.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (kgFPv)

166 164 41 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story
Posted by: Braenyard


People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026

And just like that, we are talking about Candace Owens.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (OoFl2)

167 People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f)

*their

Posted by: Semi-idle mind at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (TbWk/)

168 *their

Or possibly *they're . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:00 PM (47diA)

169 because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.



It can be exhausting, true.
- Candace Owens

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:00 PM (kgFPv)

170 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story
Posted by: Braenyard


People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f)

I'm surprised no one has volunteered to perform an extensive study of the issue. I would, but she can't get away with a brisk walk.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j)

171 Howdy Horde! Great ONT!
Posted by: Iris at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (bOJ2I)


Hello there!

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (QMAsf)

172 My Canadian relatives are all maniacs, every visit was insanity.

The visit to Montreal Fiance F. screamed "let me out of this car!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)

173 I was reading about the Battle of Manila.
MacArthur returned to Luzon, and joined up with the Filipino resistance. They approached Manila, under the command of General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Yamashita figured out, accurately, he couldn't win. So he ordered a retreat; there was a possibility of a better holdout in the local hills, "Sierra Madre" (apparently every Spanish ex colony got hills with that name).
Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi disobeyed those orders thinking it would be more fun to fight in the streets and rape Filipinas.
So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is).

I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook".

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

174 I’ve taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible.

Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair


Waaay back whennwe were first married, Smash & I drove from ft bliss to home (louisiana) we both signed out on leave at midnight, and were eating late breakfast in Amarillo at 10am. Little ford courier 2.0 liter iron duke. I had a Holley 500 on it. Never found it's top end, too skeery. Definitley would cruise at 110moh, though.

Would totes do that on the Ducati today. Wonder how long the gas would last at 140? Prolly only get 20mpg at that speed.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (QVmho)

175
Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK)

On I-55 (eye-fiddy-fi) I got my mother's V8 station wagon boat up to 112mph. I was 15yrs old and driving to volunteer at a little hospital as a candy striper. I thought this great fun with my exBF and did it for many weekends.

At some point the Hwy Patrol caught me slowing down to 93mph and gave me a $20 ticket. I was goint to pay it and yet this exBF said, oh, you need to tell your parents. Oh, boy. Daddy yelled at me. Mama cried. It was a mess.

The next day my great father and WWII Marine apologized for yelling at me. The week prior he and a friend (and me in the backseat) were on a hwy and he said, "Let's see how fast she can go" in this same car. Little did he know I was already speeding away whenever I could. He thought he was a bad influence on me. He was the greatest influence on me!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk)

176 There is the 85 mph stretch of toll road 130 from Lockhart to Seguin, TX. It is kind of a hoot to putter along at 85 and have people blow past.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (n4Qav)

177 All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)

178 >>>The History of the Condom

The British could have stepped in sooner, but they thought it would be funnier to wait for 600 years.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (syz1S)

179 So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is).

I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook".

Posted by: gKWVE

This too is why they got their asses nuked twice.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 11:03 PM (QVmho)

180
Miklos has commented a few times lately.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

181 I saw Miklos a day or two ago

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

182 I drove 125 on i40 in Arizona once. There really ain’t much there.

On the actual autobahn 125 is chill. Not uncommon to get passed like you’re standing still at that speed. The greens are slowly killing it. If you want to experience it better go soon. May not exist in its current form for long. Even now only about 1/2 is speed limit free.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (kgFPv)

183 Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did.

I found it:
youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc

She's a keeper.
Posted by: banana Dream



That's not the Autobahn. That's Nurburgring, also known as 'The Green Hell'. It's about 16 +/- miles long, over 300 turns. The 24 Hours of Nurburgring is quite the endurance race. F1 used to race there until the cars got too fast for the track.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 11:05 PM (YoT4f)

184 I think those Montana $5 tickets lasted for the whole day.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)

Yep, $5. You handed the Highway Patrol a $5 bill and he wrote you a citation for wasting a natural resource. So no insurance hit.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 15, 2026 11:05 PM (GGatE)

185 177 All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)

Miklos has abounded, thank goodness. Stateless is still missing.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (n4Qav)

186 Tonight I saw the video of the fekin' caw bird yelling at the duck hunters. Throwing rocks at decoys. Shrieking and stompy feet on the public beach. The guys were laughing at her (pity they did not fire some buckshot at her).

Liberal women seem to be a special brand of retard and are going wild. The Wilding of Lesbos

Another video seen recently, full of the f word, like it is a badge of courage, said she's gone into early menopause due to TDS and all the rest of you. Which is a good thing! They can't reproduce even if an illegal rapes them! No sane American male would go near them. She was wearing big glasses as a beacon!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)

187 Biggest driving hazard currently IMHO is LED headlights at night. Those fucking things are BLINDING in oncoming traffic.
Posted by: Bring back the regular ones at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)

Agree. Mostly they are floodlights, not headlights. When your light source is a large cluster of little flat tiles, the optics to properly focus it into a beam get very hard, indeed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (8zz6B)

188
I’ve taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible.

Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK)



That's the road I was thinking of. I've had a rental F-150 up to about 95 on the way to and from El Paso for work with no other cars in sight for at least 5 miles. Zoom.

The fastest car in the world is a rental.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (y9nCu)

189 >How fast do you want to hit a deer? Or slide into the barrow pit from black ice? You can haul ass at your own risk. Self preservation is a choice.

Many of the roads were engineered when the speed limit was 55mph. Fair warning.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Seeing someone slide off an icy road to the inside of a banked curve is a clue they were not going fast enough and if you want to make it you might want to go faster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

190 Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI)


They just moved to phase 2

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
@SEPeaceMissions
Jan 14
Today, on behalf of President Trump, we are announcing the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction.

Phase Two establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), and begins the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza [ . . . ]

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

191 The story I was told about the French and their yellow headlights was that the Germans got the French to do it during the Occupation. The Germans wanted to know who was French vs. German by their headlights at night. And the French kept the yellow headlights even after the war!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (APZWP)

192 Evening all . Thx Doof.
Amy Winehouse had talent. Too bad she was a mess.
The theme looks like drunk driving, but I'm sure that's wrong

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (Oql3v)

193 Another video seen recently, full of the f word, like it is a badge of courage, said she's gone into early menopause due to TDS and all the rest of you. Which is a good thing! They can't reproduce even if an illegal rapes them! No sane American male would go near them. She was wearing big glasses as a beacon!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)

They weren't exactly paragons of sanity before but now they've totally lost the plot. I blame social media and synthetic hormone based contraception.

Posted by: Abortions and drugs contribute I'm sure at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (TbWk/)

194 I had a friend who was insane when it came to driving fast. He fancied himself as some kind of stunt driver. I gotta admit though, he was a damn good driver. His thing was collecting old early to mid 60's chrysler imperials and fitting TA radials on them, and then driving on the jersey turnpike at well over 100 mph. I was in the car with him on the jersey parkway one time late at night in the early 80's and decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter. I stopped getting into a car with him after a few more of his stunts. He was insane. Never crashed though, but like I said, that lunatic could drive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (snZF9)

195 When the local roads get icy, and they do in OK most winters, I sit on my keester at home! Not due to my own inability to get through the ice, but due to the inability of the local idiots to get down the block!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (47diA)

196 185 177 All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)

Miklos has abounded, thank goodness. Stateless is still missing.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January

Thank you. We may need to deploy some of the internet sleuths. If he wants to stay hidden, I would respect that. I just want to know he is okay. We’ve been through some stuff on this blog!

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:10 PM (OoFl2)

197 I-91 in Vermont is a pleasure to drive. Long gentle curves, excellent condition, and I think there are about 20 state troopers in the entire state.

120mph is no problem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 11:11 PM (n9ltV)

198 190 Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI)

I'm hard pressed to find a reason.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 15, 2026 11:12 PM (n4Qav)

199 So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is).

I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook".
Posted by: gKWVE


... And then the Japanese occupiers were systematically defeated in detail with virtually no survivors. Something like a 40:1 kill ratio.
A handful hid in the jungle for decades.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)

200 Are you sure they don't lurk here?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (ULPxl)

Ha! Fairly sure they don't!

I'd probably have one of my syncopal episodes if they said they did! My husband also knows nothing about my secret Moron life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (WONhk)

201 Sean went to the class with a plan
To ask Zoe if he’d be her man
“Mein Kampf would you be?”
He pled on his knees
They conjoined to start their own clan

Posted by: The Reich Stuff at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (fKeBm)

202 >>>The fastest car in the world is a rental.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

>Damn straight, if you pay the extra insurance fee to walk away. I did this every time I was in NYC, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. It's worth it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE)

203 Most American drivers have no idea about tire speed ratings. More speed = lots more money!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:14 PM (47diA)

204 Highway 90 between Sierra Vista and Tombstone. 105 mph.
This was 1975.
So I was told...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

SR90 (after it crosses the San Pedro) to the SR80 intersection is nearly 10 miles of straightaway. I may have, on occasion, exceeded the speed limit by just a tad.

A very large tad.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (8TVg8)

205 Here's another what's-the-common-element song trio:

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
https://youtu.be/Ak_MTXQALa0

Don McLean - American Pie
https://youtu.be/y5ecvBaqHBk

Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
https://youtu.be/Mb3iPP-tHdA

(As I said yesternight, this is why they'll never let me do an ONT.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - what does it all mean? at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (FMpsC)

206 135

Yeah baby! Very nice suggestion🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu)

207 I suppose not too many folks liked Amy W...I really did dig her...oh well...

Doogie Howser liked Amy Winehouse, apparently, for a certain definition of "liked"

Posted by: Average Guy at January 15, 2026 11:17 PM (A8Vlf)

208 Yeah baby! Very nice suggestion🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Did you try it? Isn't it tasty?!

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)

209 By the time of the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit (Richard Nixon signed it into law) only Montana balked, and officially complied though speeding tickets were only a $5 fine, payable on the spot, for “wasting energy”.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S4YIq)

***********

During this time, I was once driving I-94 somewhere east or west of Miles City. I was doing 85 mph and no one was in front of me and there was a little dot about five miles back of me. I didn't think anything of it and continued to drive for a few more minutes. I then looked in my rear view mirror to see a Montana Highway Patrol vehicle about 100 yards behind me. I knew it was too late to slow down, so I kept going at the same speed. Then I noticed that the HP was going considerably faster than I was, and when he passed me, I looked at him. He had left elbow perched on the window-door interface with his hand holding up his head as he rested his head in the palm of his hand.

He was bored and not interested in pulling anyone over. I chuckled and thought how great it was to be a Montanan.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 15, 2026 11:18 PM (gV1De)

210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJs1N6eaPA

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (jrgJz)

211 The story I was told about the French and their yellow headlights was that the Germans got the French to do it during the Occupation. The Germans wanted to know who was French vs. German by their headlights at night. And the French kept the yellow headlights even after the war!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (APZWP)

Actually, there is some science behind it. The color is called "subtractive yellow" and results from filtering the blue light out of a white light source, like an incandescent bulb. Blue scatters more, which is why the sky is blue - has to do with the shorter wavelength of blue light. Subtractive yellow lamps work better in rain, fog, and snow, and are not as glarey to the eyes of oncoming drivers. Ever notice that blue and purple Christmas lights always look fuzzy, while green, yellow, and red are sharp? That's because your eyes struggle to focus short wavelength light, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

212 I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook".
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

***

When the officer corps becomes a place for the elites and privileged, and rank is not based on professionalism and training, then war crimes are inevitable.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

213 https://youtu.be/RvV3nn_de2k

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)

214 135 I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie

"Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out.
Everything I do and everything I try never turns out.
It's like I need time to figure these things out."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)

215 I have used yellow fog lights, AOP. Don't know whether they worked well or not. But the looked cool under the front bumper!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA)

216 That's because your eyes struggle to focus short wavelength light, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)


Oh! I figured it was the eggnog.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 11:24 PM (2WIwB)

217 Now see! Doof and TRex! It ain't even Saturday. But our loves are here💕!

I do miss that Miklos though...there is a guy that can fun to any ONT! Come back Miklos!😛😜👁!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 11:26 PM (LNeRu)

218 That's all for me. Thanks, rons and ettes! You are some clever and funny folks!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:26 PM (47diA)

219 I field-stripped my little Eibar Ruby pistol, and took the grips off it. Cleaned it with acetone and 4-ought steel wool, and blued it with 4 coats of cold blue solution. Turned out real well. Doesn't look brand new, but it looks respectable for a century old gun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B)

220 I was in the car with him on the jersey parkway one time late at night in the early 80's and decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter. I stopped getting into a car with him after a few more of his stunts. He was insane. Never crashed though, but like I said, that lunatic could drive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (snZF9)

That brings back a memory or three. Fastest I went through a GSP toll booth was a touch over 30. Made the bucket (bell rang then stopped when the quarter dropped. Ever approach a toll and the green light was lit? Yeah, that was probably me. Yer welcome.

Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj)

221 The Rape of Manila is one of the most underreported tragedies of the war; 100,000 civilian casualties are the low side, it could easily have been twice that. Of course, the casualties were all the fault of the Japanese decision to dig into the city core and hold a massive number of hostages. But it’s necessary to remember that at least some portion of the civilian casualties came about when the America's army decided to eliminate the Japanese positions with a massive artillery barrage of the city that lasted for days.

Necessary because battles like that should be remembered whenever it’s claimed that Israel isn’t doing enough to protect civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (xVja5)

222 Prince Humperdink: "Man and wife, say man and wife!!"

Wesley: "If you didn't say it, you didn't do it."

Posted by: Frankie at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (efx3C)

223 Reading about speeding to Montreal (you go, Mama!)...we were there in the early 2000's. Took a train to Quebec City, which I loved...the train and the city.

Anyway, the cab ride from Montreal to the train station woke us all up one morning like Red Bull IV. The cabbie (probably a moose limb) drove like a lunatic. Super fast and we were not in a hurry. Maybe normal? Zipped over speed bumps, etc, weaving in and out of lanes.

Son said he almost hit a pedestrian. I was in the backseat giggling and my DIL and husband were freaked out and mute next to me.

I think I am conditioned to wildness from the farm cars we were in speeding through woods and my love of going fast. They thought something was wrong with me.

When my men were getting the suitcases out of the trunk I thought our son said his life had changed. Instead he said he needed a change. Which set me off again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (WONhk)

224 I have used yellow fog lights, AOP. Don't know whether they worked well or not. But the looked cool under the front bumper!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA)

Even white fog lights work pretty well, when mounted low, and aimed to illuminate the road directly ahead, and the fog line on your right. When the fog or snow is real bad, turn the headlights off, and drive on the foglights alone. Your eyes will be much less dazzled by your own lights being scattered back at you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)

225 the Rubys are cute little pistols, and they were made in pretty much every gunshop in Northern Spain. I have a friend who is enamored of them and will pick them up when he can.
There was also 38 special knock offs for the Smith & Wesson revolvers that were also called Ruby

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

226 165 Montana imposed limits after a guy was stopped doing something like 120 and got a ticket for not driving ins a safe manner. He fought the ticket went all the way to state Supreme Court and won. His argument was safe and prudent is too vague and the court agreed.

So the legislature said yeah that’s kinda fucked up and added a speed limit.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (kgFPv)

*********

An interesting fact that I saw in a study was that the average speed went from 84 mph during the unlimited speed time to 82 mph after the 80 mph speed limit was enacted.

So the state legislature did a pretty good job in selecting the correct speed.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (gV1De)

227 There's just enough time to say b'bye.

https://youtu.be/0SSkJHJE_l4

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Mama always said, nothing good happens after at January 15, 2026 11:32 PM (FMpsC)

228 I do miss that Miklos though...there is a guy that can fun to any ONT! Come back Miklos!😛😜👁!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

He made a late night visit last night.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 11:33 PM (vzcgi)

229 67 > A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
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I-5, east of San Jose and all the way to Bakersfield. Flat, good visibility, radar detector. Yea... 130MPH is doable for long periods of time.

Until you need gas.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (U2OZr)

Hubs used to do this stretch often between LA and SF to visit a girlfriend (before we met.) The fastest he did was 110 mph in his '93 Ford Escort GT. Manual 5 speed.

Such a fun car. Relearned driving stick in that car, in Boston, of all places. We once drove from Boston to my parents' house in northern Vermont in 2.5 hours. Consistent speed between 95-100 mph the entire way. So sweet.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (1auMZ)

230 The fastest I ever went was with a buddy on a Kawasaki Z1000 - I was riding with him. We hit about 115-120 mph and then we got the high speed wobbles. Somehow, God took pity on us and the driver recovered, pulled over and we both threw up.

I think we did 45 mph tops on the way home after that. Never again.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (cYBz/)

231 decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter

Funny as hell. Horrible. But funny.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (zZ4br)

232 the Rubys are cute little pistols, and they were made in pretty much every gunshop in Northern Spain. I have a friend who is enamored of them and will pick them up when he can.
There was also 38 special knock offs for the Smith & Wesson revolvers that were also called Ruby
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

They are basically knockoffs of the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, a Browning design. .32 ACP

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)

233 The mountain road reminds me of this video...that I love so much it is bookmarked. I watched it 10x on the day I found it.

Good night Morons and 'ettes. You rock!

https://tinyurl.com/ye2yak4k

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (WONhk)

234 The fastest I ever went was with a buddy on a Kawasaki Z1000 - I was riding with him. We hit about 115-120 mph and then we got the high speed wobbles. Somehow, God took pity on us and the driver recovered, pulled over and we both threw up.

I think we did 45 mph tops on the way home after that. Never again.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (cYBz/)

couple of friends of mine bought those Kawasaki 750 triples when they came out. Both had high-speed wrecks, which they managed to survive. Chassis design was the not the strong point on those bikes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B)

235 >>> but it looks respectable for a century old gun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Good pocket pistol.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:40 PM (4BNa1)

236 The Hermanos Orbea also made a knock off of the S&W Russian top break pistol, in 32, 38 and .44 Russian. They were called "Ona" revolvers since that meant Good in Basque. The .44 model was called the Model Number 7 and was adopted as the standard army revolver.
During WWI when the French were ordering all those 8mm revolvers and Ruby pistols in .32, the British asked for the Ona to be made in .455 Webley. The Brits then rejected most of them, and they were rebored to 10.35 Italian revolver, marked Tettoni by the importer and sold to the Italian army.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR)

237 Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Most people just chucked a handful into the funnel and it with the green light.

There was one in Tampa that I had to pause because I didn't throw in enough to get the green light.... And what I chucked just into the change return. Got about ten bucks in quarters, dimes, and nickels out of it. It only "worked" for a few days before it got fixed.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)

238 Love a good condom gag. Especially one at the expense of muslims.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:43 PM (JkO4W)

239 Fiancé Surprises His Bride with Wedding Shower in the Preschool Where They First Met as Toddlers

Was it the Quality Learing Center?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 11:45 PM (3ha+O)

240 The fastest I drove, outside of the Autobahn, was in the Swan Valley highway in Western Montana. My friend took off in his '68 Couger like a bat out hell. I soon followed in my '69 Galaxy.

He topped out at around 100 mph, I passed him going over 120. Probably higher because the speedometer was still climbing when I let off the gas. My friend later told me that all he saw was a blue streak passing him.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 15, 2026 11:46 PM (GGatE)

241 They are basically knockoffs of the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, a Browning design. .32 ACP
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)


The Spanish had a copyright law that required all patents to be registered in Spain to be protected, and if they weren't a Spanish company could make them. The Spanish manufacturers could also register a patent on those designs, also, as long as they paid the licensing fee. Orbeas Hermanos eventually gave up "their" patent on the .44 Russian design, so other manufacturers could make them too.

There were a couple of interesting Spanish patents made, but most of the small arms were some sort of borrowing.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:46 PM (rbvCR)

242 Raimondo's mom gags on condoms all the time.

Occupational hazard.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (zZ4br)

243 Hubs used to do this stretch often between LA and SF to visit a girlfriend (before we met.) The fastest he did was 110 mph in his '93 Ford Escort GT. Manual 5 speed.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (1auMZ)

According to the NJ State Trooper, I was doing 95 on the parkway in my Chrysler Laser. According to the speedometer, I was doing 85. That was the highest number on the gauge. Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj)

244 Kawasaki 750 triple, was on the back of one at 110.
Ever so glad that ride was finished.
Driver ended up owning a Ford dealership.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (4BNa1)

245 I was driven on the Autobahn in Germany. The driver was doing something like 130-140MPH. Took a few minutes getting used to. Happy there were no pin curves.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (Ti0Hb)

246 That brings back a memory or three. Fastest I went through a GSP toll booth was a touch over 30. Made the bucket (bell rang then stopped when the quarter dropped. Ever approach a toll and the green light was lit? Yeah, that was probably me. Yer welcome.

Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj)

I never did that. I heard more than a few times of people that didn't have any change and just reached for the coins laying on the ledge under the bucket and tossed them in. There was always some laying around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9)

247 12 Nice to see AZ making news for wanting to try something different. Too bad they used a CA road sign at the top of the article.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (lUFok)

Not only is it a CA road sign - it's from the westbound side of I-8 about 40 miles from Arizona!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)

248 @EYakoby . Jan 13

Pro-Scottish independence accounts on X went dark after Iran’s internet shutdown — exposing links between Tehran and influencers meddling in UK politics.

More proof the regime is running a massive astroturf campaign to divide the West

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:57 PM (4BNa1)

249 One of the things that make the Autobahn work in Germany is that you are responsible for the traffic in back of you. If you are being overtaken and the over taker flashes his lights you have to get out of his way by pulling over into a slower lane. If you don't have that provision, the crash rate will be catastrophic.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 16, 2026 12:00 AM (Da7Vv)

250 >>> The fastest I drove, outside of the Autobahn, was in the Swan Valley highway in Western Montana. My friend took off in his '68 Couger like a bat out hell. I soon followed in my '69 Galaxy.

He topped out at around 100 mph, I passed him going over 120. Probably higher because the speedometer was still climbing when I let off the gas. My friend later told me that all he saw was a blue streak passing him.

Posted by: Beartooth

>I took my 17 year old girlfriend out for a high speed cruise one night, in my modified camaro z-81 doing 140mph, not realizing until later that my tires were probably not rated for that speed. Never again.

Young, dumb and full of ...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:01 AM (BSdIE)

251 z-28? I'm old.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:03 AM (BSdIE)

252 Amid all the Minneapolis and Iran crap, Trump's announcement of his "Great Healthcare Plan" seems to have been overlooked, both here and elsewhere.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/greathealthcare/

Sounds good, if he can pull it off. Good luck with that, Mr. President...

Posted by: Frank Zappa at January 16, 2026 12:05 AM (IG3/x)

253 (sock off)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:05 AM (IG3/x)

254 Chassis design was the not the strong point on those bikes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Not handlers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 12:06 AM (XeU6L)

255 @RichardGrenell

IAC (owned by Barry Diller) owns People, Southern Living and The Daily Beast (and more).

The leadership is all woke.
The Daily Beast CEO is former Disney/ABC Left wing radical @bensherwood.

Under Sherwood’s leadership, The Daily Beast has grown more radical and mean.
He attacks Republicans non-stop. He single-handedly has contributed to a public discourse filled with hate and ultimately violence.

The IAC sites are trashy click-bait outlets.
People is still really woke.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:06 AM (4BNa1)

256 Kawasaki 750 triple, was on the back of one at 110.
Ever so glad that ride was finished.
Driver ended up owning a Ford dealership.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (4BNa1)

Jesus, that bike was called the widow maker for a reason. You're lucky you lived.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:07 AM (snZF9)

257 There is the 85 mph stretch of toll road 130 from Lockhart to Seguin, TX. It is kind of a hoot to putter along at 85 and have people blow past.

I take that road occasionally between Round Rock and the airport, or Round Rock and somewhere north of San Antonio. It would be nice if more people were doing 85 or higher.

Of course, right now I think it’s full of construction especially on the northern end of that stretch.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 12:09 AM (EXyHK)

258 My truck is a z-71, there's my lazy confusion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:12 AM (BSdIE)

259 High speed wobbles are always adrenaline-producers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 12:13 AM (XeU6L)

260 CNN is lucky that I'm not King for if it were so they would be in a Dungeon humiliating themselves.

https://tinyurl.com/2s37c7s4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:14 AM (4BNa1)

261 One of the guys I played high school football with dreamed of being a NASCAR driver. He regularly drove his car at 120 on the highways of VA. He actually got in the NASCAR training school. After all the class room and track training he got to drive 180 on the Charlotte tri-oval. Before they released the students they warned them that if they started developing tunnel vision at that speed to shut it down, they were never going to be NASCAR drivers. Very few brains can process peripheral vision information at that speed. That was the end of his NASCAR dream.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 16, 2026 12:14 AM (Da7Vv)

262 I never could figure out going stupid fast on a motorcycle. Sooo much bad shit can happen. One of my bikes has a pretty tweaked engine. Bigger valves, stroked, compression, cam, etc. It will do 60mph on a highway barely touching the gas, but thats the point. A bike with an effortless engine that isn't even working, not to go escape velocity on. At some point you're going too fast to survive anything..like anything.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

263 When the fog or snow is real bad, turn the headlights off, and drive on the foglights alone. Your eyes will be much less dazzled by your own lights being scattered back at you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


But you don't feel like you're about to jump to hyperspace.....

Posted by: mikeski solo at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (VHUov)

264 Who the hell did the cc lyrics to that Autobahn clip?
It isn't "fun, fun, fun of the autobahn."
It's "wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn."
Kraftwerk is a German group, fer cryin' out loud.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (bufu1)

265 He was a motorhead, I anticipated it would be a ride but never that. He kept that bike a year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (4BNa1)

266 Adm. Iwabuchi had the battleship Kirishima shot out from under him by the USS Washington at one of the naval battles around Guadalcanal. Obviously in retrospect a tragedy that one of Washington's salvos didn't vaporize him. Washington demo'd the ongoing increasing mastery of gunnery in the USN under the leadership of Admiral Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee. He was aboard Washington during the battle.

Plagued by poor eyesight, Lee cheated on a vision test to graduate from Annapolis, and yet also was an Olympic marksmanship champion. A true American character.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 16, 2026 12:22 AM (U/Byj)

267 "the Court decided that their marriage had never legally existed because the wording of their wedding speeches, which had been generated by ChatGPT, did not include certain mandatory phrases."

Buried Lede: in the Netherlands, your wedding vows are controlled by the State.

Posted by: MartynWW at January 16, 2026 12:27 AM (M9zxq)

268 Nineteen seconds of Karoline Leavitt dressing down a reporter.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3zeurd

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:27 AM (4BNa1)

269 Best freeway ride I ever did was an early-day run leaving Hermosa Beach CA bound for Utah via Vegas, splitting lanes across LA, on a Honda ST1100, doin 75 to 80 the whole way. That bike was rock-solid at 90.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 16, 2026 12:28 AM (KiBMU)

270 First US flagged merchant ship transits Red Sea in 2 years. Container ship MV Maersk Denver.

If the regime in Tehran falls, likely the Houthis will be in deep hummus. And there will, again, be nothing noteworthy about US/western-flagged ships transiting the Red Sea and Suez.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 16, 2026 12:31 AM (U/Byj)

271 Does it matter if you can't speak Italian?

https://tinyurl.com/96n5sf8z

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:33 AM (4BNa1)

272 Does it matter if you can't speak Italian? https://tinyurl.com/96n5sf8z

I’m debating trying to read her autobiography in Italian.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 12:37 AM (EXyHK)

273 Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj)

I had a 89 Mustang with a 5.0 and the speedometer only went to 85. I pegged (snigger) the meter more than once with it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 12:42 AM (bhZyo)

274 273 Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj)

I had a 89 Mustang with a 5.0 and the speedometer only went to 85. I pegged (snigger) the meter more than once with it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 12:42 AM (bhZyo)

85 mph speedometers were another (stupid) idea promulgated by our betters in WDC. The idea was if the speedo didn't go past 85 then people wouldn't try to drive faster than 85. Notice too on those the 55 is highlighted in red (usually) to emphasize the 'correct' allowed highway speed.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)

275 Does it matter if you can't speak Italian?

https://tinyurl.com/96n5sf8z

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:33 AM (4BNa1)

No not really, lol. I should, but I can't. None of my generation learned. The first and 2nd generation Americans knew it, but always spoke english, so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9)

276 None of my generation learned. The first and 2nd generation Americans knew it, but always spoke english, so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker
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Same in my family, except: french. Dad's grandpa was from Montreal.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

277 275 .......so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9)

'oogatz'. Now that's a term I haven't heard in quite a while......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (QGaXH)

278 Historically, first generation immigrants didn't speak English, the next generation was bi-lingual, the third generation couldn't speak the native tongue but had a basic understanding. Next gen. all English.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:56 AM (4BNa1)

279 275 .......so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9)

'oogatz'. Now that's a term I haven't heard in quite a while......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (QGaXH)

yeah I only know some slang, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)

280 Historically, first generation immigrants didn't speak English, the next generation was bi-lingual, the third generation couldn't speak the native tongue but had a basic understanding. Next gen. all English.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:56 AM (4BNa1)


My family was a little screwed up. My grandmother was born here, but went back to italy when she was 1 years old, and came back at 26 with my father's older brother and sister who were born there, but he and his younger sister were born here. They are all fluent in italian, but have zero accent, because my aunt was 2, and my uncle was 5. They were either practically born speaking english, or were so young when they learned it you would never expect them to know anything other than english. The cousins didn't learn shit. Its weird because my grandmother and father being born here technically makes me 3rd generation, but my uncle and aunt who were born there have kids that are probably 1st generation, even though they got an american born grandmother, while I have the same grandmother and I'm 3rd generation. The end result is me and the cousins learned squat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 01:07 AM (snZF9)

281 39 There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought.
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Bonneville Salt Flats. Go as fast as you want! ;-)

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 16, 2026 01:12 AM (T1dJ+)

282 I used to think, in the old times people would move from one place to the other and that was it. Traveling was rough. Put down stakes and stay.
But that's not mankind. Humans are travelers regardless the difficulty. Like ants. All the time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (4BNa1)

283 Somebody's mom's boyfriend went home late?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (QGaXH)

284 Same in my family, except: french. Dad's grandpa was from Montreal.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

I had 1 year of french in school, and 2 years of spanish, and I have grandparents, a father, and aunt and uncles who speak italian.

I'm still monolingual. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9)

285 Dad's father was bilingual, but refused to teach French to his children. He had his "reasons" but... what a waste.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

286 My dad's mother was Czech and he was raised around Czech speakers.

One day when I was around 14, my older sister asked him how do you say 'shut up' in Czech? 'Digihooble' (sp) he replied. She then proceeded to use it liberally and frequently in my direction.

For the next 20 years I assumed it was a nonsense word he made up to placate her. Until one night I was driving home listening to 'All things Considered' (I know...) and the speaker was relating a story of being a small boy and his his Czech or Polish grandmother trying to hush him in a store so he wouldn't point out the merchant had made a cash error in her favor. 'Hush, she said, quiet, DIGIHOOBLE....

OMG! I was on the freeway and almost went off the road! The old man actually knew what he was talking about???? WTAF......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:35 AM (QGaXH)

287 I can hardly wait for president Trump to revert MN to territorial status-- expel their senators & reps and cancel their electoral votes! WooHoo!

And then declare war against their territory!

Rainman will be so sad.

/s kinda

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

288
111 Can a T Rex do the "pull my finger" thing?

Posted by: Doof
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More of a "pull-my-tail" thing (but be prepared for more than flatulance in your face... ;-)

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 16, 2026 01:37 AM (qJDmL)

289 288 I can hardly wait for president Trump to revert MN to territorial status-- expel their senators & reps and cancel their electoral votes! WooHoo!

And then declare war against their territory!

Rainman will be so sad.

/s kinda
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

Maybe he'll do California next.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:38 AM (QGaXH)

290
I used to do 85 on I-5 between SF and LA.

In an '83 Nissan Sentra. Yeah! Reckless days of youth.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 01:39 AM (KAi1n)

291 Maybe he'll do California next.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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And NY, IL, WA, OR... sh1t, we'll be back to 13 states in no time.

Hahahahahahaha!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

292 Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.

Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

293 The 91 Freeway (Ca-91) runs from the South Bay east to Riverside. On a hot day, with light traffic, it's possible to do 91 on the 91 in 91 degrees. If you have an old enough car you can go 91 on the 91 in a '91 in 91 degree weather.

Then there's the 710.....LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:46 AM (QGaXH)

294 293 Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.

Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets.
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

How funny! I had a '74 (I think) Mustang II. Nice looking little car but worst, most unreliable pos I ever owned. Sadly, I didn't learn and continued to buy American made cars which fell apart before they had 50K miles on them... I did get good service out of a 2007 Chrysler 300 but mostly we've bought SUVs and trucks since the '80's.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:52 AM (QGaXH)

295 Hey Horde, just dropping in to wish you all sweet dreams, I need to be up and in the shower by 6:30, I should have gone to bed hours ago.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 16, 2026 01:52 AM (0nHVk)

296 European soldiers moved to Greenland to protect it from Americans are flown in US built airplane.
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Soon on the first plane's heels, another Danish Hercules aircraft touched down at Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland. Both planes reportedly flew with their transponders switched off - a detail unlikely to go unnoticed in an already tense Arctic standoff.
_ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 01:54 AM (4BNa1)

297 ARiK, you shoulda seen my POS pony-pinto! Primer red, more bondo than sheetmetal, wire-nuts all over the engine compartment, had to prop the hatchback open with a broomstick...alternator & battery were shot. Couldn't afford replacements, so kept it on a (borrowed) charger at night. Ugh! Yeah, I was young, broke and freshly divorced with a minimum wage job...

But the engine & trans were *sound* enough, tires not bald, and it was all I could afford to buy.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

298 Hi/Bye Debby!

Sweet dreams!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

299 Push for 300 so I can sleep

Posted by: OCD & ADHD at January 16, 2026 02:02 AM (LE8MF)

300 Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.

Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

Probably would have twisted the body if it had a manual trans. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:03 AM (snZF9)

301 298 ARiK, you shoulda seen my POS pony-pinto! Primer red, more bondo than sheetmetal, wire-nuts all over the engine compartment, had to prop the hatchback open with a broomstick...alternator & battery were shot. Couldn't afford replacements, so kept it on a (borrowed) charger at night. Ugh! Yeah, I was young, broke and freshly divorced with a minimum wage job...

But the engine & trans were *sound* enough, tires not bald, and it was all I could afford to buy. it was a piece of trash.
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

My Mustang II was maybe 4 years old, with 25,000 miles on the odometer. For a car that was allegedly that new (odometers didn't indicate past 99999 back then - they rolled over to 00000). For a car supposedly that young it was a piece of trash. The next biggest piece of crap was an '88 Ford Tempo, bought with less than 10,000 miles on it.

I will never buy a Ford car again. Truck maybe, car never!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (QGaXH)

302 Jonathan Martin@jmart . 12h

“Right now, Democrats have no credible path to sustained control of the Senate and the White House.

After the adjustments to the Electoral College map that look likely to come with the next census, the Democratic presidential nominee could win all states won by Kamala Harris, plus the Blue Wall of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and still fall short of 270 electoral votes.

An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1)

303 An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1)

You are forgetting who owns the system that counts votes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 16, 2026 02:08 AM (mP0Kj)

304 297: Zero Hedge is out there sometimes. If true, Europe is dumb. We're not invading Greenland, you inbred retards. Trump will just buy it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 02:08 AM (YoT4f)

305 Probably would have twisted the body if it had a manual trans. lol

Posted by: Berserker
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LOL! The stuff I did with that car.... surprised I didn't twist it up even with the auto-trans. I did lots of experiments because "who cares!" at that stage of my life.

"Shift interlock" needed adjustment, but I didn't know THEN-- just 'whack that shifter forward if it don't start' and turn the key again-- oh gawd, it hurts LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

306 303 An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1)

Now imagine what happens with CA and MN reverted to territory status.....laughing evilly...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (QGaXH)

307 Trump will just buy it.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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It may work to our advantage. Lazy, drunken Germans and snotty French or easy going Americans with money to backup their words.
We might get a discount.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:12 AM (4BNa1)

308 Good Night All.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:12 AM (QGaXH)

309 'Night, ARiK

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

310 Remington Pole Saw has a little bulb cap one pumps in order to oil the chain. The threaded nipple for the cap is soft and, again, the cap came off somewhere in the shrubbery.

I took the fix ring that holds the water bottle cap secure (perfect size) along with a patch of plastic from paper towel wrapper and snugged it down over the oil inlet then poked a small hole in the plastic.

I have syringes for watering my batteries; took one of those and occasionally put the nozzle in the cut and pushed the stem until oil came out on the chain.
Not buying another cap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:22 AM (4BNa1)

311
LOL! The stuff I did with that car.... surprised I didn't twist it up even with the auto-trans. I did lots of experiments because "who cares!" at that stage of my life.

"Shift interlock" needed adjustment, but I didn't know THEN-- just 'whack that shifter forward if it don't start' and turn the key again-- oh gawd, it hurts LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

Those mustang II front ends are used in a shitload of of Model A hotrods. Its new stuff, but all patterned after the mustang II. It seems like they fit them to a few different applications.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:24 AM (snZF9)

312 I sold the pony-pinto for fifty bucks when I found a much nicer Monte Carlo...

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

313 ...occasionally put the nozzle in the cut and pushed the stem until oil came out on the chain.
Not buying another cap.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Excellent redneck engineering, Braenyard!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

314 I sold the pony-pinto for fifty bucks when I found a much nicer Monte Carlo...

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

I took the test for my driver's license in a 1970 monte. It was my cousins. It was mint. They were nice cars. My friend had a 73 or 74 monte. That was a frigging cruiser.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:47 AM (snZF9)

315 My current truck has a slow battery drain. No garage & it's too cold/wet to be fiddling around out there.

So, I start it up once a week and either drive somewhere or let it run for a while, to charge the (new in August '25) battery.

The old Ford-- a '70 F100-- sits out back, languishing. Battery probably dead by now, haven't started it for over a year... I got too many other things to do. Need to sell it, I guess. Never gonna have the time to restore it.

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

316 "Monty" was a '73. PS, PB, AT, AC... Smooooooth ride!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

317 That Ford needs a nice little goose neck travel trailer.
You may wind up sleeping in it on cold nights.
Certain times of the year is sell of time on Craigslist.
Just a thought.

It's been good, yall have a nice evening. Who knows that bartender may show up yet. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:56 AM (4BNa1)

318 Bartender? Where? What bartender? LOLOLOLOL

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

319 If everything goes to hell, I can sleep in my SUV.

It ain't *that bad* yet!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

320 "Monty" was a '73. PS, PB, AT, AC... Smooooooth ride!

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah they were nice. My friends was I think some kind of champagne color. Champagne gold I think. A very light gold almost silver. Nice car

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 03:04 AM (snZF9)

321 Monte's had plenty of colors. Mine was a buttery-yellow. Very oxidized, LOL, but polished up nice.

The chebby 350 made it a pleasure to drive on the freeway! Surprisingly good mileage, too.

Cars like that, cost a fortune now-- "luxury" vehicles. Used to be commonplace, mid-size.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

322 Cars like that, cost a fortune now-- "luxury" vehicles. Used to be commonplace, mid-size.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

yeah I saw one with 50,000 miles for 38K. Yeah, nice, but not that nice. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 03:18 AM (snZF9)

323 38k? For an old Monte? Yeah, no... that's unreal, even IF it was 50k miles and not 150k miles.

Still-- I miss what we (as a country) used to have, but no longer have, thanks to the greentards and the D party.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

324 The last couple of weeks, I've just been... melancholy. Running memories through my mind, living in the past, trying to come to terms with what's to come.

Foggy, cold & grey days seem suitable for it.

I need to find peace, somehow. Accept 'what will be' and just deal. Ugh.

Good night, Horde. Thanks for being a part of my life.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

325 Winds are howling

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

326 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:03 AM (SSiCQ)

327 bocephus.

Posted by: cmeat at January 16, 2026 04:11 AM (R11M+)

Start Your Kittens Cafe

kytotointhesnow.jpg
Kyoto
Riki_Shniagawa

Dude posting his Ws.

Cowboy posting his Ws.

Tantalizing your dogs.

The fall from the building at the end of John Wick 3 was real. Well, mostly.

Baby elephants being scoundrels and scamps.

Barkour.

Cat seduces shiba inu.

A new friend! I must say hello!

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1 Wut?

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (WDjG6)

2 Big if true:

@epochhealth
Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative

A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus.

In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes.

And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible.

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3 Nyah

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4 Dogs and cats, posted together...
Mass hysteria!

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (XuXeR)

5 I did not know that Kyoto got that cold.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:35 PM (xVja5)

6 "Get your kittens purring, head on out"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:35 PM (2GVsD)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

8 No penguins! No penguins! We're mephitic-free at last!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

9 Huzzah, Whig.

Good reflexes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (u82oZ)

10
Ace,

Thank you so much for the Cafe.

Let's have some fun people. Take a break from trying to solve the world's problems for a bit.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

11 Doggies are funny

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

12
Well. So. Café.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (tgvbd)

13 Is that the White Death, walking towards Kyoto Station for his rendezvous with the Bullet Train?

Posted by: HTL at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (5AjW6)

14 Good evening, horde.

That Kyoto picture is beautiful.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

15
QUACK?

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at January 15, 2026 07:42 PM (UjdFS)

16 That is just about what I would expect from a Lab in a boat seeing a dolphin.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV)

17 Big if true:

@epochhealth
Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative

A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus.

In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes.

And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Welp, that'll triple the cost. And Somalis in MN will be offering eye surgery with jumper cables.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (Tq3er)

18 I want to go to Hokkaido someday. Maybe we can convince Pookette to put it on her list of stops for her senior trip to Japan.

Posted by: pookysgirl, always planning ahead at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (Wt5PA)

19 Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative

A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus.
In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes.
And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (mlg/3)


It requires changing the pH of the lens temporarily and trickling a charge across it using a metal form that fits like a contact lens. Unfortunately, last I heard it was something only done on rabbit eyes and after they had been removed from the dead rabbits. I wonder if it could be used to clear up cataracts as well.

I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped by the possibility, though he had not seen the paper.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

20
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Jackson, MS for shows starting tomorrow. Whether they stay there safely is another question.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:44 PM (tgvbd)

21 >>That is just about what I would expect from a Lab in a boat seeing a dolphin.

Gotta admit, it tempts me too.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)

22 14 Good evening, horde.

That Kyoto picture is beautiful.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

Ironic photo if you consider the Kyoto Protocol.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (KDPiq)

23 19 Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative
___

Quick, get the Government to force insurance companies to cover it so it costs $20K per eye!

Posted by: Short-Sleeved Government Guy, Here to Help at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (qUkBO)

24 I knew it. Those Shiba Inu things are CGI and/or AI, right?

Posted by: Very Suss! at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (oftw2)

25 I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM


I'm guessing he'll have little to no resistance to trying it, then.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

26 Tummy Rub Thursday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (s3+qu)

27 Cuba posted video today of the remains of the 32 Cubans killed in Caracas last week being returned to Havana. It was darkly amusing to see that they all came back in shoeboxes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (xVja5)

28 I did like Japan while there. But I got tired of fish quick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s)

29 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Jackson, MS for shows starting tomorrow. Whether they stay there safely is another question.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:44 PM (tgvbd)

Someone in my knitting/sewing club was talking about watching AKC shows over the holiday break and I thought of you. What breed is The Big Dummy again?

Posted by: pookysgirl knows like five dog breeds at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (Wt5PA)

30
Those Shiba Inu things are CGI and/or AI, right?

Posted by: Very Suss! at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (oftw2)

____________

Shiba Inus are all too real and will loudly let you know.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (tgvbd)

31 Ironic photo if you consider the Kyoto Protocol.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (KDPiq)

It's that special warm snow.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

32 Welp, that'll triple the cost. And Somalis in MN will be offering eye surgery with jumper cables.
___

Also, Butt Lifts! Rock solid!

Posted by: Mahmoud Shabooby, MD (ish) at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (qUkBO)

33 I played golf today with an older gentleman that had to go to the doctor after our round to get shots in his eyes for macular degeneration . Doesn't sound pleasant.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (KDPiq)

34 >>Gotta admit, it tempts me too.


Well, you know what they'll do to you...

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (ZcsJV)

35
What breed is The Big Dummy again?

Posted by: pookysgirl knows like five dog breed

__________

Borzoi, a member of the Hound Group.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (tgvbd)

36 18 I want to go to Hokkaido someday. Maybe we can convince Pookette to put it on her list of stops for her senior trip to Japan.
Posted by: pookysgirl,

My late barber was in the Air Force right after WWII on Japan's northernmost island. Had pictures of electric lines and poles at ground level because the snow was 15 or 20 feet deep. You might want to go in the Summer.

Posted by: RIP, Bill Sawyer at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

37 I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (mlg/3)

38 They have already indicted the suspect who tried to torch Beth Israel in Jackson, MS.

A 19 yr old named Stephen Spenser Pittman. I wonder if we should examine his social media posting.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

39 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (77rzZ)

40 I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM

I'm guessing he'll have little to no resistance to trying it, then.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

These electrical puns are absolute joules.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (Tq3er)

41 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Does not move in for a tummy rub.
Seeing her accuracy on the range and against hobos:

Hug with proper hand placement and quick release.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (u82oZ)

42
I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (mlg/3)

___________

Her Majesty had three rounds and none worked.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:51 PM (tgvbd)

43 33 I played golf today with an older gentleman that had to go to the doctor after our round to get shots in his eyes for macular degeneration . Doesn't sound pleasant.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Did you fleece the geezer? It's all the rage here.

Posted by: Fore! at January 15, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2)

44 “Borzoy” is Russian for “swift.”

Otherwise known as “Russian wolfhounds.” The hunting dogs of the Tsars.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:53 PM (77rzZ)

45 A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus.
Posted by: weft cut-loop


Shocking!!

Posted by: .....but not very at January 15, 2026 07:53 PM (nhCoE)

46 >>Shocking!!


Some of us have PTSD, you know?

Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at January 15, 2026 07:54 PM (ZcsJV)

47 My late barber was in the Air Force right after WWII on Japan's northernmost island. Had pictures of electric lines and poles at ground level because the snow was 15 or 20 feet deep. You might want to go in the Summer.

Posted by: RIP, Bill Sawyer at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

On Okinawa, you could tell which school groups were from up north because their uniforms were made of wool and long-sleeved. Those poor kids, sweating in the tropical summer...

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling two future concert pianists at January 15, 2026 07:55 PM (Wt5PA)

48 There are some nice walking videos of Japan on YT and some of those during snowfall are very relaxing.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:56 PM (h/O4U)

49 >>I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.

My ex got lasik surgery just a few years after it was available. The doctor asked me to come into the room cause he believed it was calming since she was going to be awake during the procedure. Wasn't calming for me. Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again.

Hard pass on lasik.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)

50 and after they had been removed from the dead rabbits"

Leonard DeCaprio?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (XuXeR)

51 Snow is beautiful.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (77rzZ)

52 Snow is beautiful."

Yes, it is.

OTOH, one doesn't have to shovel humidity..

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (XuXeR)

53 I discovered -amazing- facts about the Detroit Tiger broadcasts of the 60s and 70s.

1) The intro music for Detroit Tiger Baseball (Ernie Harwell!) is The Bell Telephone March.

2) The earworm ad jingle from a long-time sponsor that was played early and often between innings was The Gillette March.

That's all.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:00 PM (rj6Yv)

54 51 Snow is beautiful.
Posted by: Bulg

Unless you have to drive through or shovel it.

Posted by: Tropical Hot Dog Night at January 15, 2026 08:00 PM (oftw2)

55 I will be miserable until May
Thankfully not much snow so far

Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

56 Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again.

Hard pass on lasik.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)

There are people who geek out on their surgeries like that. I'm not one of them. I have an acquaintance who is, and he's shoved pics of his shoulder and knee replacements in my face many times.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz)

57 53 Ernie Harwell and Bob Ufer, the voices of Michigan sports!

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ)

58 Snowfall will be a thing of the past.

Posted by: Climate experts in the Year 2000 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (fjo1b)

59 Snow in Manhattan looked great for about 6 hours. Then it got black from car and bus exhaust, clogged the storm drains, and you had to slog through dirty slush on every street corner. All the store owners threw down snow melt, adding to the slush, making salt stains on your boots, shoes, pants.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (oftw2)

60 Little black/white kitten sounds like a starter not engaging the flywheel.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 08:05 PM (LHPAg)

61 >>I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.

My ex got lasik surgery just a few years after it was available. The doctor asked me to come into the room cause he believed it was calming since she was going to be awake during the procedure. Wasn't calming for me. Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again.

Hard pass on lasik.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)

My eyes changed shape significantly in my 20s-30s making it hard to fit contacts. I ruled out laser because no doctor ever said why this could happen without a disease.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:06 PM (asFox)

62 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.

You may not need glasses ever again.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG)

63 I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (APZWP)

64 Seen on X:

I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR)

65 Snow in Manhattan looked great for about 6 hours. Then it got black from car and bus exhaust, clogged the storm drains, and you had to slog through dirty slush on every street corner. All the store owners threw down snow melt, adding to the slush, making salt stains on your boots, shoes, pants.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (oftw2)

You left out when the snow melted you saw every dog walk for the last three months all at once. I lived in Chicago for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (asFox)

66 Those first 6 hours of snow were the best that that shithole Manhattan ever looked.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (77rzZ)

67 Love the top photo. Reminds me of long ago, when I lived in Japan.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rdVOm)

68 There are people who geek out on their surgeries like that. I'm not one of them. I have an acquaintance who is, and he's shoved pics of his shoulder and knee replacements in my face many times.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz)


I wondered why I got the stills from my colonoscopy, true

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

69 HOA vs. ICE. Anybody want to lay odds?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (APZWP)

70 Seen on X:

I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS...


30 years, huh?

That pretty much makes this guy an automatic asshole. Just ignore what he has to say.

Carry on, ICE!
.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (iJfKG)

71 There are some nice walking videos of Japan on YT and some of those during snowfall are very relaxing.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:56 PM (h/O4U)

Walking in a snowfall in real life is relaxing. The snow muffles all other sound, and the flakes hitting the ground makes a low shussh sound.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (asFox)

72 Loverly Cafe, ace ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . with a Day Old Camel. . . at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (3ZUWJ)

73 OTOH, one doesn't have to shovel humidity..
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (XuXeR


You have to mop it.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (FMtrg)

74 Guys! DID YOU SEE THIS ??!! (old news from monday , but HOLY COW!)

"The State Department has now revoked over 100,000 visas, including some 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas for individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity. We will continue to deport these thugs to keep America safe," the department said in a post on X.
The four leading causes for revocations were overstays, driving under the influence, assault and theft, State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. The revocations marked a 150% increase from 2024, he added.
The State Department has also launched a Continuous Vetting Center aimed at ensuring "all foreign nationals on American soil comply with our laws — and that the visas of those who pose a threat to American citizens are swiftly revoked," Pigott said.
In November, the State Department said it had revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft."

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (g47mK)

75 ***Kyoto
---

You know she's pretty.

Awesome pictures.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (4BNa1)

76 I wondered why I got the stills from my colonoscopy, true
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)
==

I have a video of my catheterization. My cardiologist gave me the play-by-play on a followup visit: "See the dye, and how it just stops? That's 100% blockage."

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (rj6Yv)

77 "date deposit app"

-
Nature's way of saying danger! Stay away!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (L/fGl)

78 >>>Cowboy posting his Ws.

I saw a lot of shooting. Fast shooting. But I didn't see anything get hit.

I think the jury is still out on the Ws thing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S)

79 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG)

Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10.
Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is.

Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+)

80 Hey UK, this is how it's done!

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (g47mK)

81 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG)

Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10.
Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is.
Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+)
=======

I had it and it was a life-changing event. It took me a year to not reach for my glasses after waking up.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:15 PM (rj6Yv)

82 Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10.
Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is.
Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+)


My wife was concerned that there was something wrong with the skin on my arms when we were putting her in the car after the surgery, she kept saying my skin was all bumpy. I thought it was the anesthetic talking, but she told me when she woke up from 5 hours of sleeping it off that it was the freckles.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:16 PM (rbvCR)

83 That picture of Kyoto almost makes me forget how much I dislike.cold, snowy weather.
Almost.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:16 PM (ibgwE)

84 If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (8AONa)

85 It's been foggy/misty here since last night. Temp hovering right around freezing.

Noticed that sounds are quite muffled by this weather also, almost like when it's snowing.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (rdVOm)

86 Good news, everyone!

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 08:20 PM (L/fGl)

87 Doggies. Why does it always have to be doggies?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (fhCge)

88 Good news, everyone!

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


He's stepping down?

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (nhCoE)

89 GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.


Doesn't look like an island, m8

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (gKWVE)

90
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Another one rides the bus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (pkeXY)

91 Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

And sodomy.

Posted by: NAMBLA Knows at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (R/m4+)

92 >>Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
------

Hey, retard-- you misspelled crime, fraud, hatred and violence.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (rdVOm)

93 Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.


Is this a guy who's in way over his head OR WHAT?

And to think, he was the Dem pick for VP of the entire country.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (fhCge)

94 One time I was traveling West mostly through I40 during the winter in the snow and I probably saw dozens of wrecks occur right by me like that first video. When I finally got to a hotel I, for real, peeled my hands off the steering wheel because I had it in a death grip.

The worst was traveling up I75 to work and two separate times a contractor truck had ladders fly off. The first time a ladder came at me, it popped into sliding a-frame mode, I just barely get away, then the idiot in the truck starts careening over, and I just slip between him and the sliding ladder. The second time an aluminum step ladder flies off, a car in front of me clips it, the ladder flies up and is hovering/spinning and I drive my car keanu/matrix style under/around the metal vortex of death.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (3uBP9)

95 Me no have Cataract, just Rincoln!

Posted by: Mon Lee Take Out at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (oftw2)

96 GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

=====

Thats preemptive jury tampering, timmeh.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (8AONa)

97 Walz is going to blunder us into a hot civil war.

That's some high-level blundering.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (fhCge)

98 Walz was like Ned Beatty in that debate with Vance.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gKWVE)

99 I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world. Painful, exhilarating, powerful, humbling and magical. And then that first cry amd seeing your child. And holding him.

No. Men cannot do that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q)

100 I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!
Posted by: Kindltot

He deserves a hickory haircut just because.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 08:25 PM (N/gmR)

101 > I saw a lot of shooting. Fast shooting. But I didn't see anything get hit.

I think the jury is still out on the Ws thing.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S)

Sounded like he was shooting steel plate targets, and making a lot of hits.

> 79 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG)

Mine aren't quite ready for it yet, but the eye doc says probably within five years.

Everyone I know who's had modern cataract surgery (and, being an old bastard, I know quite a few of them) is extremely happy with it.

My late mother got the first eye done about 20 years ago, and immediately began badgering the doc to do the other one (they only do one eye at a time just in case something DOES go wrong).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 08:26 PM (IG3/x)

102 I wonder how pissed off other Democrats are at Walz.

Posted by: davidt at January 15, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/)

103 > And sodomy.
Posted by: NAMBLA Knows at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (R/m4+)

Hey, we need to deemphasize the sodomy. Yes, yes, I know... to most people Sodom *means* sodomy. But we're going after the family vacation market. And then, if they get here and want some sodomy, it'll be waiting for them.

Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce, back when SNL was funny at January 15, 2026 08:28 PM (IG3/x)

104 The woman in the snow and the phrase “warm snow,” made me think of yuki-onna. Don’t lie down in the warm snow!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:29 PM (APZWP)

105 The worst was traveling up I75 to work and two separate times a contractor truck had ladders fly off.

Those are usually death sentences to motorcyclists.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:30 PM (a4flb)

106 104 The woman in the snow and the phrase “warm snow,” made me think of yuki-onna. Don’t lie down in the warm snow!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:29 PM (APZWP)

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow!"

Posted by: Frank Zappa at January 15, 2026 08:31 PM (IG3/x)

107 GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
====


Minnesota will remain
An island of decency , of justice
Of community of peace
I am going to jail soon!
Gangsta paradise ain't cheap !
Can you spare a dolla' , motha fvcker?
I really hate to trip, but homy
All uz treat me like a punk
Don't mess with the funk !



Posted by: Tim Walz Rap at January 15, 2026 08:31 PM (g47mK)

108 Hey, we need to deemphasize the sodomy. Yes, yes, I know... to most people Sodom *means* sodomy. But we're going after the family vacation market. And then, if they get here and want some sodomy, it'll be waiting for them.

In the same vein, back in the 70's Dachau decided that its notorious reputation was cramping its ability to attract the tourists. The came up with an advertising campaign touting "the other Dachau." As if mounds of rotting corpses and ghastly sadistic cruelty wasn't enough to bring in the tour buses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (fhCge)

109 The natural settings combine with the architecture and the layout of the streets to make Japan a photographer's dream.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (2L+MU)

110 >>> If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (8AONa)


Eye doctors try to get you to delay the procedure as long as possible. They will come up with everything. Hey you'll need to get cataracts fixed later might as well wait. Hey you'll have stigmatism, might as well wait. Just so they can keep you on the yearly complete replacement of everything, hand over all your money, scam train. I despise everyone involved in the eyeglass industry from the doctors on up.

I tried to save money by getting these aholes to put new lenses in their $$$$$ frames I got the year before. I get a call from the doctor, "hey dummy, the lab called, they decided to break your frames", ... what? "yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!"

I despise them all.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9)

111 Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

That is a beautiful description that should fit under the photo of the police car, covered in vulgar and profane graffiti, broken windows, crushed roof, and on fire.

Its just missing the pool of jellified blood, the body outline and crime scene tape.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (a4flb)

112 Those are usually death sentences to motorcyclists.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:30 PM (a4flb)

------------

My greatest fear riding a motorcycle home from work at night (SB I-405 in Orange County) back in the day.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (G0b3R)

113 Greetings, citizens of 2026. I have come from the future. We have heard of this "Candace Owens" of yours. She is... I think your term for it, is "bugfuck nuts".
But now my tachyonic matrix is decomposing so I must return.
Invest in a-

Posted by: Kerplzx-157 at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)

114 Cicero

Pull the bandage off slowly, after soaking it, or rip it off!?

Let us go slow.

Stopping the funding is the key.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (u82oZ)

115 98 Walz was like Ned Beatty in that debate with Vance. - gKWVE

"Wooooee! Let me hear you squeal like a Democrat!"

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:35 PM (2L+MU)

116 yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!"
I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9)

You Rock!

Posted by: Koichi Toyama at January 15, 2026 08:36 PM (R/m4+)

117 99 I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q)

I can remember it just fine. I don't want video. But I can understand that some women might.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:36 PM (zYpTz)

118 I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!
Posted by: Kindltot


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HOA PRESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (zYpTz)

119 Old Paco had to get shots in his eyes because of macular degeneration, and they only helped for a while. Plus they were very expensive.

The day I have to get shots in my eyes is the day I go out and get a seeing-eye dog.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (2L+MU)

120
My greatest fear riding a motorcycle home from work at night (SB I-405 in Orange County) back in the day.


Second only to mattresses blown off of pick up trucks driven by people who don't understand physics.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (a4flb)

121 93 Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Is this a guy who's in way over his head OR WHAT?
And to think, he was the Dem pick for VP of the entire country.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)


Kamala Harris and Tim Walz: Dumb and Dumber

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (0Htd1)

122 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again.
Posted by: naturalfake
----
IOLs..Intra Ocular Lens. They can correct two out of three conditions. They can accomplish both spherical and cylindrical correction (near/farsightedness and astigmatism) but you're out of luck on presbyopia. If you have no astigmatism, there are IOLs that "fold" in response to the muscles of your eye, just like your young eyes did, allowing you to both see far and close clearly.
I wore glasses from a young age (another story) so I don't find it a burden to have plain glass lenses with the bifocals "spots" on them. Putting glasses on and off was a no go, and I didn't want to sport that Schmuckie Choomer glasses on the end of my nose.
My eyes were both 20/200 - only because I knew] that there was a "E" at the top of the chart. 20/15 today, except for book reading.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (ibgwE)

123 Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace

Uh-huh. Show us all how it’s done asshole, especially illuminating will be without billions in stolen dollars. You stupid fuckers, I can’t wait. I hope they eat you.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (04lxq)

124 Greetings, citizens of 2026. I have come from the future. We have heard of this "Candace Owens" of yours. She is... I think your term for it, is "bugfuck nuts".
But now my tachyonic matrix is decomposing so I must return.
Invest in a-
Posted by: Kerplzx-157 at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)


People of the Past.
Do not listen to Kerplzx157. His model was recalled due to being bugfuck crazy for even attempting time travel.
It's safe now. And Candy O was indeed peculiar.

Posted by: Kerplzx 158 at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB)

125 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6)

126 called, they decided to break your frames", ... what? "yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!"

I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream

So, Big Glasses is as corrupt an organization as Big Bat. Who knew?

Posted by: Down With Warby Parker at January 15, 2026 08:41 PM (oftw2)

127 If you can handle the pain of a serious need for a root canal for a week, you can handle listening to Tim Walz talk about "turning the temperature down."

Actually, I've done both, and the first was a little easier.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:42 PM (7DKa5)

128 Dang, looks like I'm going to have to be extra careful when I drive on the highway here in NC: "Federal audit finds North Carolina illegally issued trucking licenses".

"The U.S. Department of Transportation found that more than half of trucking licenses issued to immigrants in North Carolina were given illegally, according to a federal report."

https://tinyurl.com/jw9ssd9f

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:43 PM (2L+MU)

129 Post
Conversation
Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
One single Indian immigration lawyer has approved 700,000 H-1B applicants in Texas

Where is Greg Abbott? Where are the Texas Republicans you keep voting for over and over again?

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (Cjcf6)

130 I'm 70 and have never had an eye appointment of any kind. Just driver's license eye test.

Posted by: *You Steam Glasses* at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (oftw2)

131 I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9)

I had gotten regular glasses last time I went and contacts. Not too bad, with insurance, maybe 200? My insurance could pay for example or glasses or contacts nkt both. All right.

This past year I went back because KY requires a vision test to renew the driver's license. Prescription had not changed in the 7 years in between. So I thought, hey, lemme get some progressive bifocal. Mother fucker. With insurance, nothing else bought $800. Dear Lord.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

132 A Lasik comic: https://tinyurl.com/5y9s3f9s

Key quote: "The procedure is painless. Yes. The 8 hours after the procedure are nothing but pain."

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (7DKa5)

133 >>> 125 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6)

My bet is on Frey giving up and crying like a six-year-old girl, but timwalz will go out in a timwalzy blaze of timwalzry because he knows he wouldn't last in prison.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (ULPxl)

134 I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream

So, Big Glasses is as corrupt an organization as Big Bat. Who knew?
Posted by: Down With Warby Parker at January 15, 2026 08:41 PM (oftw2)


Just making a spectacle of themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB)

135 Crusader

Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons.

In America it would be like Indiana Jones and the Egyptian Swordsman.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (u82oZ)

136 Men cannot do that

I don’t see where declarative statements like this are helpful. We should strive to be less political. The Science! is very clear on this.

Posted by: Dr. Vermin at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (04lxq)

137 A shibee! They are so cute I can’t stand it.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 08:47 PM (Wmg4n)

138 64 Seen on X:

I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR)


I told you @ClaireFosterPHD was a genius.

If you still doubt, check this one out.

https://tinyurl.com/8xezs44m

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (7DKa5)

139 Also, please welcome to the world little baby Lolly (Charlotte), our latest Barre Baby. Mama and baby are both doing amazing.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (Wmg4n)

140 Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.

Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe)

141 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.

I'm hoping that they shoot Frey and arrest the dog.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (a4flb)

142 Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today:

"Hi friends.

This was two months ago, and I can now, with plans in place, share what's been happening.

November 6 was the day that I had to inform my daughter that I'd been given a prognosis of six months to live.

It came as one hell of a shock to me.

It's a long sordid tale of heart failure and sudden decline. The plan now is for me to move into the Mayo Clinic, next Wednesday, with no determination as to when I may leave.

The first step is to install an Impella heart pump to keep me alive until a heart becomes available. It could be a matter of weeks, it could be three months, it could be six months, and I will be in 24/7 residence in the transplant ward at Mayo until then.

I'm not even certain if i'm allowed to leave the ward to wander about the hospital or go sit outside in a courtyard. It stinks, but it's better than the alternative, which would have come on more quickly than they originally diagnosed.

It's been one hell of a process and, the current reality is that things are going to get rough before they get better, but there's hope for a brighter future ahead."

Prayers up for NDH.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (/RHNq)

143 @84
LASIK if far easier than a dental procedure. Lasts maybe 10 minutes, no pain or discomfort. Immediate results. Truly life changing.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (XMwZJ)

144 I need cataract surgery. Ugh

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n)

145 140 Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe)


Indians have a very significant number of highly competent people. I've worked with some of them who were topnotch.

Somalis, all I know about is Ayan Hirsi Ali, who is great, and that model who married David Bowie. If there are others, they are hiding well.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (7DKa5)

146 135 Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons. - NaCly Dog

I really enjoyed his books on Soviet military intelligence, including his account of his defection; read like a cold war thriller.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (2L+MU)

147 Damn.
Hitting the knees for NDH.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:53 PM (2WIwB)

148 One single Indian immigration lawyer has approved 700,000 H-1B applicants in Texas"

Lawyers can approve visas? When did this happen?

Oh, clkbait...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 08:53 PM (XuXeR)

149 I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q)
****
I can remember it just fine. I don't want video. But I can understand that some women might.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
-----
My kids were born when the old man sat out in the maternity waiting room and smoked. Thank goodness.
My daughter wanted mom in the room, and sort of reluctantly offered me the opportunity to watch my first grandson being born - so I wouldn't feel left out, I suppose. I politely refused.
In both cases, I probably would have passed out.
In every case where it's been my blood and pain, I am.eternally grateful.for moderm.anesthesia.
I'd make a terrible mother.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (ibgwE)

150 Oh Sh!t. NDH, sending it all your way.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (7DKa5)

151 Attempts to cross a pygmy penguin with a Goldendoodle to create a pygmy penguidoodle have thankfully failed. Research into creating a penguitoo has been more promising, but so far the creatures have experienced great difficulty in not falling from their perches.

Funding for these bizarre hybrids comes directly from Big Penguin. It is rumored that the ultimate goal is to create a new super-penguin , code named PACO (Penguin Advanced Combat Operator), to advance their goal of total world domination.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

152 https://tinyurl.com/8xezs44m
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (7DKa5)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (zYpTz)

153 142 Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today

God give you strength and courage, and your loved ones, too.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (2L+MU)

154 Whenever I think of decency, justice, and peace, the first thing that jumps to mind is Minneapolis.

Her Buicks overflowing with a bounty of ballots.

Her fentanyl-packed assholes, dying over kited paper.

Her retarded, ballon-headed billionaire nannies.

Her retarded governor.

Her al-Shabaab Congresswoman.

Her rampant Karens, proudly mounting their iron steeds.

*places hand over heart*

G-d Bless The City of Lakes!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (BI5O2)

155 Indians have scammed the Medicaid and visa system for years. They aren’t nearly as intelligent as the people they keep replacing. They all come out of schools that popped up overnight to help their visa scam industry. When they come here most of them get their sickly parents on SSDI or Medicaid.

Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (3g5Xe)

156 NDH a prayer for her complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX)

157 Prayers up for NDH."

Damn. And done.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (XuXeR)

158 Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe)

There was a survey not too long ago that said women of the world found Indian men the most unattractive with their weird dark urine colored skin, bad smells and strange sexual appetites.

I don't think the Somalis were included and for good reason.

Posted by: People Magazine at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (R/m4+)

159 LASIK if far easier than a dental procedure. Lasts maybe 10 minutes, no pain or discomfort. Immediate results. Truly life changing.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (XMwZJ)


Mine done 18 years ago. Still excellent vision...except for the weak cheaters I need to read.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB)

160 I need cataract surgery. Ugh
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n)


The cost is the main thing, and sleeping with a clear patch over your eye. Mom got her first cataract done in 1968 and the surgeon did it free hand and she had to be on her back for a week, my wife's was outpatient and the worst part was her sleeping off the anesthetic and then insisting she could do things. My wife got the multi-focus lens and she is delighted, she can see the jets and birds when I point them out and she was delighted by the colors she had forgotten.
She said, "this is what heaven must look like!"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)

161 Attempts to cross a pygmy penguin with a Goldendoodle to create a pygmy penguidoodle have thankfully failed. Research into creating a penguitoo has been more promising, but so far the creatures have experienced great difficulty in not falling from their perches.

Funding for these bizarre hybrids comes directly from Big Penguin. It is rumored that the ultimate goal is to create a new super-penguin , code named PACO (Penguin Advanced Combat Operator), to advance their goal of total world domination.


Permit me to introduce you to...the Belgian penguinois.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (2L+MU)

162 Prayers up for NDH.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (ULPxl)

163
Mike Solana
@micsolana
they keep telling us that when they’re back in power they’re doing mass incarceration for political dissidents as if this is as normal a thing to say as “we disagree with your views on abortion” or something.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (Cjcf6)

164
I really enjoyed his books on Soviet military intelligence, including his account of his defection; read like a cold war thriller.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (2L+MU)

___________

The Liberators is a great book. In particular, the chapters about his time in the stockade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 08:57 PM (tgvbd)

165 >>> This past year I went back because KY requires a vision test to renew the driver's license. Prescription had not changed in the 7 years in between. So I thought, hey, lemme get some progressive bifocal. Mother fucker. With insurance, nothing else bought $800. Dear Lord.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)


My eye sight is at the edge of what lenses can correct. I have to get high index of refraction polymers $$, then special grinding because they're still thick $$$, some AR coating to help with the weird chromatic aberrations that high index polymers cause $$$$, and then I'm 29 going on 60 so progressive lenses $$$$$. It all adds up. And then they will only put those lenses in certain frames. I pay upwards of $1500 / year. Much more if they talk me into the near/reading glasses plus far all day glasses. It's crazy. And the cheap online places, when I checked them 5-10 years ago were also expensive for the lenses I need.

But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:58 PM (3uBP9)

166 Prayers up for NDH."

Damn. And done.
Posted by: man"

Double ditto.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 09:00 PM (vFG9F)

167 I'm just their mark."

Wait till we start helping...

/ACA

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:01 PM (XuXeR)

168 Hope NDH pulls through.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)

169 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.

You may not need glasses ever again.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG)

Like many others here, I can attest to that, Ette Sharon had it done a month or two ago. Me? Several years now. I uses readers or a headband magnifier for close work, otherwise, glasses-free.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 09:03 PM (8zz6B)

170 But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark.
Posted by: banana Dream
------

There's an optical shop here, that will let you reuse your frames-- IF you pay the surcharge.

No kidding, they really really really really want ALL of your money, one way or another. Asshoes.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:04 PM (rdVOm)

171 >>> Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today

God give you strength and courage, and your loved ones, too.
Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (2L+MU)

I had saw the post back in Nov. and was really worried.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9)

172 @138
Wow, the ClaireFosterPHD stuff is hilarious!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 09:05 PM (XMwZJ)

173 Timmy........

Tom Homan Called Me a Homo and a Panty Waste!!

What are you going to do about it ?????

Posted by: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at January 15, 2026 09:05 PM (J9q9v)

174 Here's the update on Victor Davis Hanson's health status. He's been through the ringer but thankfully is on the mend now. Prayers still help:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8tuzbc

Posted by: IrishEi at January 15, 2026 09:06 PM (3ImbR)

175 Get well, NDH. Praying for you & yours!

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:06 PM (rdVOm)

176 I'm trying to save money in my HSA for the eye correction but my family spends it faster than I can save it. sigh...

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:07 PM (3uBP9)

177 Prayers ascending for Niedermeyer's Dead Horse .

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:09 PM (u82oZ)

178 I saw today some people advocating for Thomas Sowell to get the Medal of Freedom. I agree. But they were talking about his "dignity," and that didn't seem quite right as the way to characterize him and his work.

He's a firebrand, a Man On Fire, an impassioned radical for reason. You can see it more easily in his early appearances on video, and once you see it, it's pretty easy to still see it in his interviews at an advanced age.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5)

179 Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa

He doesn't have the medal already?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 PM (KDPiq)

180 "If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik"

Like the route canal I had where the endodontist let me have a couple of slugs of scotch beforehand?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 09:14 PM (KAi1n)

181 I've bookmarked Riki Shinagawa's X... gorgeous stuff, and I'd like to buy a print-- if only I could decide *which* photo! Wow.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (rdVOm)

182 Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons.

The Russian soldier with his short-handled shovel is an iconic i.m.age, like a Tommy with his Lee-Enfield or a GI with his 1911.

I bought an American-made copy. It came with a sharpened edge. I spent a couple of minutes with it, attacking a big cardboard box. Let's just say if I encountered a Rooskie swinging one, I would be very thankful to have a 1911 on me.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (P/woT)

183 179 He doesn't have the medal already?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 PM (KDPiq)


Not as far as I can tell from searching. I agree, it's surprising.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (7DKa5)

184 I wanted to have cataract surgery but I couldn't see my way clear to get there.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (cYBz/)

185 Hadrian the Hadrian the Seventh
Concur. The Liberators was an illuminating book. Funny in a sad way.

The culture of a Communist Army is toxic. Note that the entire Army was becoming politically unreliable, and was pulled out of Czechoslovakia.

I imagine the North Koreans from The Russian Front are finding out the same thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ)

186 -_Let's just say if I encountered a Rooskie swinging one, I would be very thankful to have a 1911 on me.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
---

Yes, it's legendary. Do not get within swinging distance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (4BNa1)

187 185 The culture of a Communist Army is toxic. Note that the entire Army was becoming politically unreliable, and was pulled out of Czechoslovakia.

I imagine the North Koreans from The Russian Front are finding out the same thing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ)


Now imagine the Chinese army, consisting at this point of mostly the only sons of their families (one-child policy come home to roost). Consider the Chinese people you know, and consider how much you could risk the life of the only son of their family without backlash.

Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (7DKa5)

188 If we had a *courageous* house and senate, Minnesota would have already been solved. Instead, we have only a mathematical house and senate, and the math must continue to factor in that at least 20 percent of "our" side isn't really on our side.

Trump needs to *bury* that 20 percent politically.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (Cjcf6)

189
But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark.
Posted by: banana Dream


Wear two monocles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (pkeXY)

190 Splurge

Not to mention the PLAN ( the Red Chinese Navy).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (u82oZ)

191 @144

>> I need cataract surgery. Ugh

It’s sucks but at the end you get a bionic eye(s).

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)

192 We be thi as Presdent Obana shoolds dew something abouts Trump wanting to attract the peaceful country of Irun.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 15, 2026 09:23 PM (vypHc)

193 So, it turns out, Sinema was kind of an out of control, man hungry, sex fiend. There's a lawsuit from the wife of one of her security guys who's suing because Sinema stole her hubby. I guess she was using her security team as a kind of stud ranch. Also screwing the rest of the guys on her staff. Pretty much an insatiable gal. She kind of had the look of it though.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9)

194 Mary!
The misspellings say It’s You!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (u82oZ)

195
133 >>> 125 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6)

My bet is on Frey giving up and crying like a six-year-old girl, but timwalz will go out in a timwalzy blaze of timwalzry because he knows he wouldn't last in prison.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (ULPxl)

-------

There he is! Stop him, he's skipping away!

-Federal Law Enforcement

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (VWtfl)

196 @193

>> She kind of had the look of it though.

Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl)

197 Sinema was kind of an out of control, man hungry, sex fiend"

Promises promises

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:27 PM (XuXeR)

198 >> She kind of had the look of it though.

Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl)


Very very sneaky.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:27 PM (3uBP9)

199 174 Here's the update on Victor Davis Hanson's health status. He's been through the ringer but thankfully is on the mend now. Prayers still help:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8tuzbc
Posted by: IrishEi
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Thanks!


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:30 PM (4BNa1)

200 Have a great night, everyone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:31 PM (u82oZ)

201 Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

What a coincidence! I like to do a lot of what lesbians like to do also!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:32 PM (cYBz/)

202 Former AZ Sen @kyrstensinema sued by the ex wife of her head of security. Lawsuit could be made into lifetime movie. Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
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Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts

https://is.gd/c9OqxH

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Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl)

203 Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

What a coincidence! I like to do a lot of what lesbians like to do also!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:32 PM (cYBz/)

Even better if you get 2 of them together and get them to do the things *you* like to do. You'll be forwarding your mail.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 09:41 PM (snZF9)

204 Just saw the update on NDH...prayers ascending for a speedy and positive resolution!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 15, 2026 09:41 PM (3ImbR)

205 Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl)

So, that freak vibe was real.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

206 Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl)

Lol. One thing to point out: one of the few attractive lipstick lesbians I have seen outside of college.

Also we were talking about this the other day...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)

207 193 So, it turns out, Sinema was kind of an out of control, man hungry, s ...
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But food won the race.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:51 PM (4BNa1)

208 > Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts
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It was those boots, right?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 09:52 PM (U2OZr)

209 I need cataract surgery. Ugh

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n)

My eye doctor keeps telling me that would be the best thing that ever happened to me (I'm a bit on the nearsighted side would you believe). I know some people that have done it and love that they no longer needed glasses and someone here recently said pay for the extra acuity lenses. It's not a terrible process, I think it's just the day after each that's kind of uncomfortable. Good luck!

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (E0p3T)

210 Start kicking your cat.

What does it mean when a cat grabs your wrist, bites your hand, and karate kicks your forearm?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (BSdIE)

211 Praying for NDH. Horde Prayer is a powerful thing.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (E0p3T)

212 >>>Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
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Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts

https://is.gd/c9OqxH
--

Yes, the glass ceiling in broken.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:54 PM (4BNa1)

213 Just been wandering through several videos about ancient archeology and cave paintings. Lots of what seems like bogus speculation, including lots of mentions of "possible extraterrestrials," and screwy AI narration that has bad pronunsciations and sometimes repeated sentences.

Sad, because I'm interested in the real stuff and it's hard to separate from the b.s. Like everything else nowadays.

Posted by: mindful webworker - surrealistically at January 15, 2026 09:54 PM (FMpsC)

214 202 Former AZ Sen @kyrstensinema sued by the ex wife of her head of security. Lawsuit could be made into lifetime movie. Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
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Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts

https://is.gd/c9OqxH

-
Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl)

ZOD will not be amused that his pet has such proclivities.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at January 15, 2026 09:55 PM (3sXRv)

215 Sinema got fat, right, as well as crooked?

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6)

216 What does it mean when a cat grabs your wrist, bites your hand, and karate kicks your forearm?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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I have learned to NOT pet Cat unless he is either sitting upright or standing. Laying down means "do not disturb" or "I will play rough"

YMMV

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:59 PM (rdVOm)

217 Sinema got fat, right, as well as crooked?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6)

Well all that sex and drugs keeps one thin.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:59 PM (zZu0s)

218 F5

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:00 PM (ULPxl)

219 Some pretty funny stuff here.

https://is.gd/lZ8J7Z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:01 PM (L/fGl)

220 Even better if you get 2 of them together and get them to do the things *you* like to do. You'll be forwarding your mail.
Posted by: Berserker


That's a new euphemism.

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:05 PM (nhCoE)

221 Prayers for NDH

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 10:06 PM (N/gmR)

222 >>>I have learned to NOT pet Cat unless he is either sitting upright or standing. Laying down means "do not disturb" or "I will play rough"

YMMV

Posted by: JQ

>Mostly, I pull her up into my body, cradle her like a baby and she seems to like the scritchy scratches. The biting is never defensive, very gentle.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (BSdIE)

223
ON

Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (3ek7K)

224 T

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (nhCoE)

225 The bunny foot and biting is amusing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (BSdIE)

226 Kristen Sinema is a gross political hag who used her position to bang men who may or may not have been married, while getting high on stimulants and looting her constituents. That's so hot.

/s

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (BI5O2)

227 Prayers up for NDH.
Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (/RHNq)

Prayers. Must be young to be considered for a transplant? In my prayers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)

Tousi TV: The Iran Strike Is Coming; US Has Delayed Because Israel Needed More Time to Prepare for Iran's Retaliatory Strikes, and US Needed More Troops In the Area

According to Mayhar Tousi, Trump has not called off the strike.

But action has been delayed because:

1, Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.

2, Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it?

3, the military wants more assets in theater for the attack. Given that we can't use the base in Tucker Carlson's future homeland of Qatar, it makes it more important that the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier be in theater to launch planes. I believe that's sailing from the Pacific towards Iran.

I've heard rumors that the attack is still on, too.

I think Trump's statements about Iran having stopped massacring civilians could be an attempt to get Iran to stop killing them, because he needs more time to prep the attack, and he would like Iran to kill as few civilians as possible while we're forced to wait.

Tousi offers more rumors. He says there are claims that the government is dividing up between the Regime and those plotting to overthrow the Regime. He says that, according to rumor, the former president and former foreign minister have both been arrested by the Revolutionary Guard for plotting against the government. They have not been seen in days, so it's possible.

Posted by: Ace at 06:38 PM




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Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:38 PM (Oql3v)

2 Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (Oql3v)

3 Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it?


Nuke Qatar.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (FzgDV)

4 I still hope the place is crawling with green beanies.
Because this is what they are made for.


What was it... Nine that coordinated with northern alliance to take down the Taliban...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (/lPRQ)

5 I believe the Lincoln is coming from the south China sea. The subs are already in place and have been.

Tousi is very careful in his framing.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (0KSrI)

6 Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Trump showed her a picture of her house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (vxYQq)

7 The Iran Strike Is Coming

This better not be a tease. That would be Obama-Level catastrophic.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (gLikB)

8 Hit em where it hurts

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

9 How much shit can Iran have to throw at Israel anyway at this point?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (zZu0s)

10 Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar.

Pull out ALL of our people. Then open the canned sunshine.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (FzgDV)

11 Fox is talking about this right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (viF8m)

12 What would be funny is if Iran sent dirty bombs that failed to detonate. So Israel just were able to collect free enriched uranium to use in their own power plants and research.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

13 Fox is talking about this right now."

Well, it'll be a quiet night then

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (XuXeR)

14 IAF and US fighter pilots want the MiG-29 to stop them.

Been a long time since we had an air-air win.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ)

15 Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel.

You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (nAS9C)

16 "I think Trump's statements about Iran having stopped massacring civilians could be an attempt to get Iran to stop killing them..."

Yep. Taqiyya can be a two-way street, ya' know.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (gLikB)

17 >According to Mayhar Tousi, Trump has not called off the strike.

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I've been giving Trump a lot of shit for the delay. I freely admit there is much I don't know about what's happening. But I would think that Trump, being the guy he is, would love to be remembered for taking down the mullahs in Iran. He's very into racking up achievements and talking about them after.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (ZxPkt)

18 We are STILL trying to hide the shame of what this evil country did to Venezuela. What if China did that to Trump? Would you like that??? And we want to go after Iran??? We DESERVED to have our embassy attacked. We just wish the hostages were killed to teach this sick country a lesson.

We need to end the DoD and the State Department. One, WE are the bad guys. Two, THINK OF THE MONEY WE WILL SAVE.

Gotta go. Mandarin lessons soon!

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (0GYGE)

19 Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar"

I'd settle for us not funding them

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (XuXeR)

20 Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar.

Pull out ALL of our people. Then open the canned sunshine.
Posted by: rickb223

If the government of Iran falls, Cutter would move to No. 1 on the terrorism sponsorship list.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (vxYQq)

21 >>Well, it'll be a quiet night then

They are just talking about the same reports we are.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)

22 rickb223

We need Qatar intact so we can siphon off the Iranian leadership’s deposits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (u82oZ)

23 To be fair, if you can't believe Miss Lindsay, who can you believe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

24 Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it?

Maybe if you all are nicer to Tucker and do a little sucking up, he may petition his patrons to allow the base to be used by the ones who are paying for it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (xE0sV)

25 They are just talking about the same reports we are."

Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (XuXeR)

26 I would not trust any information from Lindsay Graham. He might be saying a war is coming because that is what the wants and is pushing Trump to do.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (VmYdv)

27 My concern with Iran is that it relies on people - mostly men - who really, REALLY do not want to lose.
Partly there's the Shi'a martyrdom complex, which can be compared only with the Childrens' Crusade and other hardcores in mediaeval Christendom. Except that it's not the 1100s over here anymore, where in Iran, for these guys, it kind of is.
Also because we are talking about 30 year old losers (again, mostly men, but also some women) who have the status they have because they've tied themselves into this regime. If they lose, they are either getting hanged or else they are looking forward to decades of life being sneered at.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (gKWVE)

28 Lindsay Grahmnesty just cannot WAIT for war!

Posted by: Zippyslug at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (/jFSs)

29 1, Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.


ICBM!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (/lPRQ)

30 Maybe if you all are nicer to Tucker and do a little sucking up,"
Tucky's doing all the sucking

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (XuXeR)

31 Iran has been a thorn in the US side since the mullahs took over. Reagan was the one who started looking for "moderates" in the country, which was then followed by the Bushes. Clinton, Obama and Biden kissed the mullahs asses. Let's see if a few more airstrikes properly placed xan achieve what 46 yrs of US policy hasn't achieved

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (Oql3v)

32 Miss Lindsay is positioning himself to take some credit for whatever Trump does with Iran. He really is a slimeball.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)

33 >>Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not.

Well the consensus around here last night seemed to be that Trump was a big doo doo head and he wasn't going to do anything so I think I'll just wait and see.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m)

34 You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (nAS9C)
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Fvck Tucker and anyone who would draw that conclusion with a SCUD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

35 19 Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar"

I'd settle for us not funding them
Posted by: man


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Quatar
UAE
S.A.
Turkey

and Iran.
They are all trying to islamify the West.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 15, 2026 06:50 PM (VmYdv)

36 >Let's see if a few more airstrikes properly placed xan achieve what 46 yrs of US policy hasn't achieved
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It might be as simple as killing enough of the right people, that the rest flee for their lives.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (ZxPkt)

37 Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (0GYGE)

I am not even sure what this is. Comedy. Troll. Bit of both.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (zZu0s)

38 6 Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Trump showed her a picture of her house.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (vxYQq)


With only her legs showing from underneath it?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (SRRAx)

39 so I think I'll just wait and see."

No pitchforks again?

*pouts*

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (XuXeR)

40 Fuck Lindsey Graham
Faggy little wuss

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (XLfSN)

41 I think it would be a very bad assumption to imagine that we will escape damage/harm as a consequence of all this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)

42 I've been giving Trump a lot of shit for the delay. I freely admit there is much I don't know about what's happening. But I would think that Trump, being the guy he is, would love to be remembered for taking down the mullahs in Iran. He's very into racking up achievements and talking about them after.

I would go one bit further. Since the US is on an unavoidable collision course with Rock Bottom, do EVERYTHING possible to take down the Mullahs and have that a positive memory of the US as a final achievement.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (xE0sV)

43 Did anyone check the pizza places around DC?

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (Q0yOR)

44 Surely there's an Admiral Donitz somewhere that can take over and unconditionally surrender in Iran after the fruitcakes in charge die?

I also expect lots of leftists demonstrating in favor of allowing the Mullahs to stay in power in order to protect women and gays because "Ebul Trump! REEEEE!"

Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (/ZkOF)

45 TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies

Foreign policy used to be a serious thing. Now it's a comedy show. The heritage foundation is running things. Trump does not care one iota about the Iranian people, they are a tool to deflect from unpopular decisions he's making elsewhere (or the ramifications of decisions), like not releasing all the Epistien files, or the shooting in Minnesota.

There used to be a whole subreddit where it was Trump quotes that contradicted previous Trump quotes. That man's words mean nothing.

If he is neither bluffing nor attacking them, then he has done the worst possible thing for the protesters. After weeks of threats, failing even to attempt intervention only reinforces the regime itself, making future protests even less likely to succeed.

What a historic betrayal after specifically telling protesters to keep going and that "help is on the way" banking on Trump helping you is the worst position in the world to be in. And that is exactly the position Iranians are in unfortunately

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (ycI94)

46 Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (Oql3v)


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My word, it's been over two years since the last time Mike Zeroh reported she'd been fired.

Posted by: Kevin In ABQ at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (EF8U3)

47 I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.

Wait, aren't there several "holiest sites in Islam" on Israeli land?

Won't other muslims get big mad about that? Or is it the reverse of "Abraham pleading for Sodom" ..... "Mohammad, if only 10 Jews are found there, nuke the whole place."

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (nhCoE)

48 Wow. When reddit and aos commenters agree...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

49 They are just talking about the same reports we are."

Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not.
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I'd guess quiet.

Folks were pointing out yesterday that Sunrise in Tehran is 7:30 pm-ish CST, which means if anything was going to be done there at night, it probably would have started.

It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.

-ish.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (vSvIl)

50 Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.



Intercontinental Ballistic Missle.
Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (Hx0tZ)

51 What a historic betrayal after specifically telling protesters to keep going and that "help is on the way" banking on Trump helping you is the worst position in the world to be in. And that is exactly the position Iranians are in unfortunately
======

These people care nothing about Iran and know even less.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (RIvkX)

52 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.

Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (oftw2)

53 Trump showed her a picture of her house.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

With only her legs showing from underneath it?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth


* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (nhCoE)

54 Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct)
Posted by: OneEyedJack


IRBMs

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ)

55 Just how many strikes do we have to make? This is getting old. I suspect the IC is fucking us.

Again.

Oh... and again.

We always pull out before the job is finished to avoid "recriminations." Like with that whore.

Yo... Tulsi... what the fuck? Oh, and thanks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (U2OZr)

56 The Iranian people have to do this. It's the only way. They have to free themselves. Not saying we can't give things a little push, but it has to come be their own revolution, or reformation, or whatever it ends up being.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (MZ+PY)

57 TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies


Like the one arresting people for sharing Amelia memes that "western democracy"?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (sKqQm)

58 yeah, but what does burt think ?

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (van9r)

59 Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack.

Bahrain has seen a significant amount of C 17 traffic over the last 30 days. There are 2 US military bases in Bahrain. There has also been significant traffic by Atlas Air 747s into Baku over the same period. Atlas Air is a military subcontractor that moves alot of military freight. .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (vzcgi)

60 "and its all your fault." just trying to keep up

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (YlWIZ)

61 Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.

Here is the thing that gets me: According to Evangelicals, literally nothing bad can happen to Israel - especially a dirty bomb because allegedly the Antichrist is sitting around in his living room waiting to build a new Temple to be worshiped in.

So if you believe in Jesus, there should be zero fear of an ICBM barrage.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (KhyP1)

62 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines

State Dept is working overtime.
May be a relatively peaceful transition.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (/lPRQ)

63 Intercontinental Ballistic Missle.
Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct)
Posted by: OneEyedJack


Yup. It's still a "cannonball," even you use a trebuchet.

Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (nhCoE)

64 this is what Persia used to be
youtu.be/PcEMgywyVtg

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:57 PM (gKWVE)

65 I am calling President "Pol Pot" Trump to make all preparations to protect all Gay and Transgenders in Iran if we do strike the "Mostly Peaceful" Iranian Ragheads in Teheran..

Posted by: Senate-Her Shoemore, Idiot, New Yoork at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (J9q9v)

66 >>These people care nothing about Iran and know even less.

These are the same people who a few months ago were screaming Trump was going to start WWIII by attacking Iran.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

67 TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies

Those terms are acceptable - given the quality of current "Western Democracies"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (KhyP1)

68 Wait, I'm not an Evangelical. Do they really believe that the temple that Ezekiel prophesied would be built in Jerusalem was meant to be one for the Anti-Christ?

That's messed up. So I assume that in fact Evangelicals do NOT believe that.

Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (/ZkOF)

69 Here is the thing that gets me: According to Evangelicals, literally nothing bad can happen to Israel - especially a dirty bomb because allegedly the Antichrist is sitting around in his living room waiting to build a new Temple to be worshiped in.
-
That's a silly oversimplification.

That Jerusalem isn't getting nuked (or those prophecies are very far off yet) is as much as one can be sure of.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (vSvIl)

70 TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies


Fuck western democracies

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (FzgDV)

71 62 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines

State Dept is working overtime.
May be a relatively peaceful transition.

Must be near L'Enfant Plaza Stop on the Metro...

Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 07:00 PM (38587)

72 It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.

As long as it doesn't interfere with my nap.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (KhyP1)

73 It might be as simple as killing enough of the right people, that the rest flee for their lives.
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (ZxPkt)

Tomorrow is Friday, ass-lifting day in the mosques. Blow them all up, and every goat-raper in them. There goes the mullahs' power base, and probably a few of the mullahs, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (8zz6B)

74 52 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (oftw2


Bluuuue... Savanna Song...

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (gKWVE)

75 I would take the thing about Israel needing more time with a hunk of rock salt.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (0KSrI)

76 As for "western democracies" are those the ones that arrest their main political opponents (LaPen, AFD) and ban them from running or straight up cancel elections if the "wrong people" win, like Romania? I eagerly await Starmer declaring a dictatorship in England as he's about as popular as a straight white conservative guy at Bryn Mawr college. Probably less.

Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (/ZkOF)

77 Jackson

L'Enfant Plaza
Known to local as the Fruit
Loop.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (u82oZ)

78 Unlike our own insurrectionists, Iranian ones stay on the sidewalk and don't block the street!

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (hR36P)

79 I hate Iran but I don’t know how this any different than getting involved in Iraq.

Let it fall on its own

Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB)

80 Not a good sign that team Trump and Miss Lindsey are in agreement on something.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (7sIr+)

81 It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.


Their time or our time?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (FzgDV)

82 I have no doubt that a lot is going on that is not public. Also I was wondering why no one was mentioning Iran’s threats to launch a massive barrage on Tel Aviv if they were attacked - the threats sounded credible.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:04 PM (xVja5)

83 Do they really believe that the temple that Ezekiel prophesied would be built in Jerusalem was meant to be one for the Anti-Christ?
-
The man of lawlessness is going to prohibit worship in the temple, which implies that there is a temple. And (I think separately), he proclaims himself to be God in that temple, but I would assume he storms it by force. In any case I very much doubt that anyone involved in building it is doing it on his behalf.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (vSvIl)

84 Reddit is active brain cancer..

If you think those retards are ignorant about politics, take a look at some of the DIY threads. That place must be responsible for so many injuries/deaths. Then head on down to the electrical engineering area where you'll hear just exactly how stupid real engineers are compared to the graduates of YouTube.

It's hilarious and very very sad.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (XLfSN)

85 Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223

It's 3:35 am in Tehran right now.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (vzcgi)

86 That Jerusalem isn't getting nuked (or those prophecies are very far off yet) is as much as one can be sure of.

There is a Pixy Limit and good sarcasm shouldn't be pages long with proofs and references.

For Dispensationalists to have their dream come true, they need a viable Russia and China, and looking at current trajectories, that window isn't open long.

Besides, Americans aren't supposed to be inconvenienced at all so when the economy collapses and the Left go on their murder spree unrepelled, then Evangelicals can game the system and force Jesus to return by making it bad enough.

But only if Americans get inconvenienced enough and a market crash and civil war is enough to signal the Tribulation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (a3CJ+)

87 Willowed but Bob Cushman is reporting he has documentation that Walz is smurfing money to other democrat politicians.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (9KKv0)

88 It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.


Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (FzgDV)

US time. Again "ish" since half a day is nighttime.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (vSvIl)

89 Right now they’re twisting in the wind and every second that passes it gets worse not better, knowing the hammer’s gonna drop.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (IX8iX)

90 Prayers for the people of Iran

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 15, 2026 07:07 PM (x8PQF)

91
Trump showed her a picture of her house.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

With only her legs showing from underneath it?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

* golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski


You can get those from Amazon.

https://t.ly/3vJki

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:07 PM (pkeXY)

92 L'Enfant Plaza
Known to local as the Fruit
Loop.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM


See, also, DuPont Circle.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (kgE5c)

93 Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM


Does anyone really know what time it is?

Posted by: Chicago at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

94 But only if Americans get inconvenienced enough and a market crash and civil war is enough to signal the Tribulation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

You should write a book. There's big money in the prophecy game.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (vzcgi)

95 I really want to see a modern day Mussolini-style hanging of the ayatollah

OH FFS I hope the rebels capture him alive

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (ZxPkt)

96
If you think those retards are ignorant about politics, take a look at some of the DIY threads. That place must be responsible for so many injuries/deaths. Then head on down to the electrical engineering area where you'll hear just exactly how stupid real engineers are compared to the graduates of YouTube.

It's hilarious and very very sad.
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (XLfSN)

I’m wondering how effective the clickbait scam ads are on here and on YT.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0GYGE)

97 Iran will be lucky to launch a wet fart. Billions have been spirited out of Iran and the regime big wigs are heading for the exits.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0KSrI)

98 Besides, Americans aren't supposed to be inconvenienced at all so when the economy collapses and the Left go on their murder spree unrepelled, then Evangelicals can game the system and force Jesus to return by making it bad enough.
-
Eh, believe what you want. You're wildly misrepresenting the good faith efforts of Christians to understand the remaining prophecies in God's word, and I'd rather be counted among them.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (vSvIl)

99 In any case I very much doubt that anyone involved in building it is doing it on his behalf.

I believe that Evangelicals have already got their red heffer and the furniture and garments for a restoration of Temple Worship.

I just want to know who is going to sew together the veil that God tore in two.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (a3CJ+)

100 Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Chicago at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

Time to die.

Posted by: Roy Batty at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (CzMNg)

101 A lot of short-stroking going on.

Relax. It’ll happen when it happens.

Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (LMRVO)

102 Willowed but Bob Cushman is reporting he has documentation that Walz is smurfing money to other democrat politicians.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (9KKv0)

Of course he is. How else is he getting this level of protection? Why else would they be willing to kick off CW 2? Why else was he the VP candidate?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s)

103 RI Red, yep. Real time and internet aren't the same thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:11 PM (0KSrI)

104 Iran will be lucky to launch a wet fart. Billions have been spirited out of Iran and the regime big wigs are heading for the exits.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0KSrI)

Come on Ben Had. You are supposed to be a bit more histrionic and frantic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (zZu0s)

105 Despite the Russians launching three Iranian satellites into space from Russia using the Russian Soyuz booster, the Iranians have no ICBMs just IRBMs. They can still potentially get their missiles to Israel, of course. Even partially enriched uranium is not that radioactive. U-235 has a half life of 704 million years, so it’s not very radioactive. U-238 has a half life of 4.463 billion years. Potassium-40, which is what makes bananas radioactive, has a half life of 1.248 billion years. Potassium-40 is a rare isotope, so there’s not much of it in any one banana, but a truckload of them will set off sensitive detectors.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (APZWP)

106 71 62 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines

State Dept is working overtime.
May be a relatively peaceful transition.

Must be near L'Enfant Plaza Stop on the Metro...
Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 07:00 PM (38587)

Hegsgeth understands tendencies. There was no pizza orders or gay bars the night of the Venezuela thing.

There WAS a huge pizza order this week...and nothing happened.

He's breaking all the tendencies of the past, so no one will know when the US is acting.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (tOcjL)

107 There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (reMys)

108 >>A lot of short-stroking going on.

>>Relax. It’ll happen when it happens.

We're still talking about Iran, right?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:13 PM (viF8m)

109 Should we stay or should we go???

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:13 PM (pDt9x)

110 Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (Hx0tZ)

They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P)

111 Eh, believe what you want. You're wildly misrepresenting the good faith efforts of Christians to understand the remaining prophecies in God's word, and I'd rather be counted among them.

Actually, Dispensationalism is pretty new. Most people ignored Darby, and Scofield's Bible was unknown until people started panicking around WW1 and WW2 and wanted answers from the clergy.

The Great Revival proposed Post Millennialism because at that time they thought the whole world would be saved. But that fell apart.

All the while, some form of Preterism and at least variations on Amillennialism has capture the minds of billions of Christians since even before St Peter wrote his epistles.

Dispensationalism is heretical in a number of ways and is almost exclusively a product of the American Religion.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (a3CJ+)

112 That’s what I really want to know

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (pDt9x)

113 Half of each day's news (80%?) is news debunking all the Fake News.

Posted by: MS POW! at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (qUkBO)

114 79 I hate Iran but I don’t know how this any different than getting involved in Iraq.

Let it fall on its own
Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB)

A change in the Iranian government will end a 47 year long war we’ve been fighting (whether you realized it or not) while also cutting the heart out of the funding for almost every terror group in the Middle East.
And the actual people are already on our side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (xVja5)

115 I’m a some form of Preterist kinda guy.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (pDt9x)

116 Iranians need their government to get hit somehow that helps the protesters. A military base maybe

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

117 Drop Kathleen Kennedy into Tehran, right between the minarets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD)

118 I remember the Embassy being seized.
Good and hard Mr President. Good and hard.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (2WIwB)

119 Guess we'll be finding out pretty soon if Iran actually has sleeper terrorist cells here...

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (1Au9i)

120 Could you imagine if the "plan" was a hybrid of the The Fordow/Natanz/Isfahan precision airstrikes and the Maduro capture?

Like snatch Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and strike all the IRGC bases?

If that happens, Trump might actually be recognized as the Kwisatz Haderach and be placed into the top five of candidates for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (gLikB)

121 US Embassy
Beirut bombing

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)

122 That’s what I really want to know"

Jesus Christ Superstar?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (XuXeR)

123 Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM

I've been thinking about this, Mr. rickb223. If I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make it our time? Certainly, there's nothing wrong with a little pizza feast on our time.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (wVcYX)

124 Kathleen Kennedy into Tehran, right between the minarets"

Kinky

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (XuXeR)

125 They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs.
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P)

It was pretty hushed up, but in the last go round Iran did score at least one good hit on a US base with a hypersonic missile. We just don’t know how many they have left. (Did they get it from China? Who knows?)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (xVja5)

126 119 Guess we'll be finding out pretty soon if Iran actually has sleeper terrorist cells here...
____

Allahu akbar!

Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Green at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (qUkBO)

127 Will anything happen?

Posted by: The person who always wonders if anything will happen at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (gO1YK)

128 122 That’s what I really want to know"

Jesus Christ Superstar?
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (XuXeR)

Heh.I was riffing on The Clash.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x)

129 Let it fall on its own

Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB)


Maybe that takes another 46 years, and thousands (or millions of people) die as a result of their support for terrorism around the world.

And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV)

130 Lindsey Graham has a history of saying the dumbest hysterical things I can recall. Him and that blowhard Gowdy did nothing but make the GOPe what they are today. Feckless little dweebs holding hearing after hearing, wasting precious time grandstanding while the left setup a huge network that bankrupted the country and rigged elections. Talking about "Dark money" while our taxes get stolen to pay for our own undoing

You just shut your useless fucking pie hole and get back to hiding under the table.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (XLfSN)

131 Nothing ever happens.

Posted by: The guy who says nothing ever happens at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (bEnJY)

132 129 Let it fall on its own

Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB)

Maybe that takes another 46 years, and thousands (or millions of people) die as a result of their support for terrorism around the world.

And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV)


Yeah, this is The Time of Trump, and the time is now.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (pDt9x)

133 *looks at Minneapolis*

How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

134 Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?

Posted by: Tom from Tacoma (14 times) at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (qUkBO)

135 It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (xVja5)

136 That’s what I really want to know

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (pDt9x)


We'll be here 'til the end of time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (n9ltV)

137 133 *looks at Minneapolis*

How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

Maybe it already has, and I am serious.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (pDt9x)

138 Wow, Judge in California blocks the Trump admins access to California voter rolls.

So, even though Elections have Yuge Federal Implications, the Feds can't see who is voting...

Interesting.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (mP0Kj)

139 There's been an elevated level of activity by Mahan Air. Mahan Air is essentially operated by the IRGC Quds Force. Rats fleeing?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (vzcgi)

140 Heh.I was riffing on The Clash."

Sharif won't like it...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (XuXeR)

141 134 Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?
Posted by: Tom from Tacoma (14 times) at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (qUkBO)

Nah, that’s over at Instapundit.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (pDt9x)

142 And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV)


Another reason securing the border was so important.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (2WIwB)

143 If that happens, Trump might actually be recognized as the Kwisatz Haderach and be placed into the top five of candidates for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump will never receive the Nobel Peace Prize, no matter how much he (already) deserves it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (APZWP)

144 135 It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (xVja5)

We don't need boots on the ground. Just bomb the shit out of infrastructure.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (mP0Kj)

145 There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.

Islam came several centuries after Alexander.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (NzX/y)

146 everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?"

Farts....

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR)

147

What's the buzz, tell me what's a-happening

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (pkeXY)

148 Just bomb the shit out of infrastructure"

Not the goats!

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR)

149 Another reason securing the border was so important.

That horse has left the barn

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (NzX/y)

150 Just bomb the shit out of infrastructure.
Posted by: Romeo13


Let's bomb Tehran's water supply!

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)

151 I made it easier on myself.
Long ago I limited myself to predicting Trump's next moves.
Sometimes I'm on the bullseye, most of the time he surprises me. Most of the time I just watch and learn.

Some have mentioned it on here before that you really can't go by the president's words, and only follow his actions.

That's true enough.
He's the most unpredictable president of my lifetime, probably anybody's lifetime.

The only thing you can be sure of is that he prefers quick, deadly, and effective strikes that get to the heart of the matter over any sort of invasion or occupation.

And he likes to warn targets, and then telegraph what he's up to for months before he makes his move, usually doing things people never thought he'd do.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (6ydKt)

152 Yeah, this is The Time of Trump, and the time is now.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (pDt9x)

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (xVja5)

153 147

What's the buzz, tell me what's a-happening
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (pkeXY)

Still waiting for Godot, engaging in circular chatter.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (pDt9x)

154 Iran does control lots of bad groups not in their country

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

155 The regime falls those sleeper cells will be opening goat kebab food trucks.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (0KSrI)

156 So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive.

Posted by: Paradise, Dashboard Lights, Some Assembly Required at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX)

157 Tom from Tacoma: "Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?"

This didn't become a Smart Military Blog for nothing.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (gLikB)

158 After watching how Trump and Hegseth handled the precise strike on Iran last year, and the 007-style takedown of Maduro, I have a feeling they have a smart plan for this op as well.

But it's going to be a much more complex operation, whichever way they jump.

I remember the 1979 takeover of Iran by the evil Ayatollah Khomeini and his thugs, and the American hostages being held for 444 days -- until the very morning Reagan was inaugurated, and there was finally a pair in the White House again. Once Goober Carter was out, they knew they'd better release them, or else.

These guys only respond to force: they're contemptuous of palaver.

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (reMys)

159 Like it or not we are going to be involved with a rebuild of Iran if the mullahs go. The country is a disaster, the economy is broke, inflation is skyrocketing, the don't even have water in Tehran. It's not realistic to think the Shah is going to come in and fix everything.

Probably get help from Gulf countries and maybe even Israel but you know we will be involved at some level. And we already have Venezuela with Cuba tilting. And then there's Greenland. Rubio can only do so many jobs.

Planning for the day after is probably taking a bit of time as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)

160 Dirty bomb?

Joey Bidet pooped in his pants again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

161 If the Iranians already had a working bomb, it would already be sitting on a boat in New York City harbor.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (APZWP)

162 My take? Qatar is just mouthing the words. Our base there is in play. It's a nice ruse though. Keep the Iran mullahs guessing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (g8Ew8)

163 Rats fleeing?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (vzcgi)


Or bringing more thugs from Afghanistan and Lebanon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (n9ltV)

164 It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.

Why can't the people trying to overthrow the Mullahs borrow some arms out of that stockpile of American weapons we gratuitously left to Iran's immediate neighbor?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (NzX/y)

165 What's the buzz, tell me what's a-happening"

Why should you want to know?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:26 PM (XuXeR)

166 A change in the Iranian government will end a 47 year long war we’ve been fighting (whether you realized it or not) while also cutting the heart out of the funding for almost every terror group in the Middle East.
And the actual people are already on our side.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (xVja5)

This.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz)

167 So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive"

The live show endings were....a show

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (XuXeR)

168 There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.

Islam came several centuries after Alexander.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (NzX/y)


Damn!
That guy was really good!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (2WIwB)

169 Does Iran still fly Tomcats?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (h/O4U)

170 Planning for the day after is probably taking a bit of time as well.

How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (NzX/y)

171 Go read Pahlavi's plans for Iran and the Cyrus Accords.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (0KSrI)

172 Iran does control lots of bad groups not in their country
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

But without logistical and financial support from Iran, they'll wither on the vine.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (g8Ew8)

173 >>A lot of short-stroking going on.

>>Relax. It’ll happen when it happens.

We're still talking about Iran, right?
Posted by: JackStraw

Mmmmmmaybe

Posted by: Billy Squier at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (Tq3er)

174 I have to imagine Israel has a dossier on every Iranian military officer. I'm hoping the US and IS are trying to get the non-true believers to roll on the government and take them out before we start a campaign.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (mlg/3)

175 They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs.
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P)


Yes, and no.

GLCM = Ground Launched Cruise Missile. A cruise missile is practically the opposite of a ballistic missile.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (hOOi9)

176 The Israelis turned most of the flyable F-14s into scrap last year when they smacked the mullahs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

177

Nice refinery you've got there Iran... be a shame if something happened to it...

Posted by: SecWar at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (i9F1W)

178 We're still talking about Iran, right?
Posted by: JackStraw"

Landman....

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (XuXeR)

179 “Some have mentioned it on here before that you really can't go by the president's words, and only follow his actions.

That's true enough.
He's the most unpredictable president of my lifetime, probably anybody's lifetime.”

I was noticing last night that if you take Trump’s statements on Iran over the last 2 or 3 days, and look at them all together, not separately, it becomes obvious that he’s been putting out a perfect verbal smokescreen - where anything is possible but nothing is definite.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (xVja5)

180 After watching how Trump and Hegseth handled the precise strike on Iran last year, and the 007-style takedown of Maduro, I have a feeling they have a smart plan for this op as well.
__

That will all be written off as luck if Trump bombs the f*ck out of Iran and the Mullahs are still standing while sleeper cells are shooting and blowing up malls and stadiums all across the USA... Believe me, Democrats are praying for this.

Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (qUkBO)

181 Drop Kathleen Kennedy into Tehran, right between the minarets.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM


Sharif won't like it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)

182 Or bringing more thugs from Afghanistan and Lebanon.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Possiblu, it's hard to say.A significant amount of the traffic is in and out of Istanbul. F the Turks.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:30 PM (vzcgi)

183 Does Iran still fly Tomcats?
Posted by: PA Dutchman
......

when their flying carpets are at the cleaners

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (UjdFS)

184 On the topic of another attack, Kieth Olbermann was obliterated by a group of pro women athletes after he personally attacked one of them on X. It was hilariously brutal.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (KDPiq)

185 There will be destruction of the oil production. That is the road to a financial resurrection.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (0KSrI)

186 The Israelis turned most of the flyable F-14s into scrap last year when they smacked the mullahs.

I bet Maverick could still get one up and earn a few more kills.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (NzX/y)

187 Dirty bomb?

Joey Bidet pooped in his pants again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM


What am I, projectile penguin poop?

Posted by: Gerrold "Jerry" Nadler, (D-NY) at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

188 The Iranians should probably go back to some kind of constitutional monarchy.

It's the norm in that area of the world, and they have a long history with a king or emperor in charge.

Maybe the Persians could surprise us compared to their dysfunctional Arab and Afghan neighbors.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

189 How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (NzX/y)

Ooh! Resurrect the Ekranoplan and put a high roller poker table in it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:32 PM (xVja5)

190 Believe me, Democrats are praying for this.
Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (qUkBO)

Praying for it or participating in it?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (KDPiq)

191 There be nood cafe.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (WDjG6)

192 I was noticing last night that if you take Trump’s statements on Iran over the last 2 or 3 days, and look at them all together, not separately, it becomes obvious that he’s been putting out a perfect verbal smokescreen - where anything is possible but nothing is definite.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (xVja5)

I've never read his books, but I'm sure"Always keep 'em guessing" is in there somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)

193 How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM


Sturgeon farms for Trump brand caviar.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)

194 I bet Maverick could still get one up and earn a few more kills.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM


This is never a question for The Paolo.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

195 Trump will never receive the Nobel Peace Prize, no matter how much he (already) deserves it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (APZWP)


Trump shouldn't WANT to be in the company of many of the others who have be awarded that. It would only legitimize an illegitimate award.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (hOOi9)

196 *looks at Minneapolis*

How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

More kablooie and fewer AWFLs.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (CNBo7)

197 Praying for it or participating in it?
___

Participating? Only 3.5%!

Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (qUkBO)

198 134

Depends on how many beers I drink.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (UjdFS)

199 There will be destruction of the oil production. That is the road to a financial resurrection.

So what you are saying is that there will be a Renaissance in from well to refinery Oil Industry.

American Incels can be lured by Iranian Chick Lighting Cigarette into being roughneck contractors.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:36 PM (NzX/y)

200 *looks at Minneapolis*

How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated?


It would look like Michael Bay was directing the Insurrection.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (NzX/y)

201 You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA.

Some very big US companies have major operations in Israel, including Intel and Apple. If I'm Trump I don't want to have to explain to Tim Cook why I let crazy Muslims blow up the M-series processor design team.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (noPDf)

202 Assuming it is correct that a US was called off last night for some reason, that doesn't mean that the attack will happen tonight instead. Unless the massacres actually DO stop, the attack will certainly happen, but probably sometime within the coming week, not necessarily within a day or two.

Everything going on there has obviously been set in motion by Trump, coordinating with Israel, so anybody who thinks he's going to let the Iranian people down, or that this Revolution will not be successful, needs to be treated for TDS.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:39 PM (hOOi9)

203 That will all be written off as luck if Trump bombs the f*ck out of Iran and the Mullahs are still standing while sleeper cells are shooting and blowing up malls and stadiums all across the USA... Believe me, Democrats are praying for this.
Posted by: Nice and Queasy

They might just do that themselves regardless of what happens in Iran

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 07:39 PM (/lPRQ)

204
Does Iran still fly Tomcats?
Posted by: PA Dutchman
......
when their flying carpets are at the cleaners
Posted by: wth


Al-Qaeda's fearsome drones - revealed at last!

https://t.ly/AMCac

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (pkeXY)

205 A cruise missile is practically the opposite of a ballistic missile.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (hOOi9)

True that. They served in the same role, though. (And I couldn't remember the IRBMs we did have there at one point.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (dIUpS)

206
2026 gun b lit af

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 07:55 PM (kgFPv)

207 Trump needs to leave Greenland the hell alone. If they want to join us, fine. But if the citizens are against it we have no business over there.

Posted by: creeper at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (80oeU)

208 I hope Tousi doesn't end up being our Doomcock of Iran stories.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 08:28 PM (EKyBq)

209 "he prefers quick, deadly, and effective strikes that get to the heart of the matter over any sort of invasion or occupation."

Ergo, the Gordian Knot approach.

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 09:24 PM (reMys)

210 I have no doubt that a lot is going on that is not public. Also I was wondering why no one was mentioning Iran’s threats to launch a massive barrage on Tel Aviv if they were attacked - the threats sounded credible.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:04 PM

I would be more worried about all the Iranian terrorist sleeper cells that exist in the U.S.A. who came in over the past 4+ years thanks to the third Obama Administration.

Has I.C.E. rounded up and deported all of them? I doubt it. Hell I.C.E. can't even stand up to antifa without running away. So instead of worrying about Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel, I'd be worrying about Iranian retaliatory strikes on the U.S.A. by greenlighting their sleeper cells.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 09:30 PM (P5BPp)

211 Ace, where is the paragraph denying that we do Israel's bidding?

Posted by: Mac Fredsonn at January 16, 2026 12:17 AM (Ys9Hz)

Who's Funding the Domestic Terrorist and Insurrectionary Groups in the US? Why, George Soros, the Ford Foundation, and Democrat Dark Money Groups, Of Course

Seize their assets.

We don't tolerate insurrection in this country. And we don't tolerate anyone who tolerates insurrection.

Right?

That's why it was justified to hound people who had merely been in chat groups with J6 "paraders," right?

Jessica Costescu and Chuck Ross
January 14, 2026


When the Trump administration sent some 2,000 immigration agents to the Twin Cities area, they were met by activists who trailed their movements and harassed them outside their hotels. The activists are members of radical groups that together have received millions of dollars from the Left's premier foundations and dark money networks, including George Soros's Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington Free Beacon review found.

At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground. The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution." It also maintains a running list of the Twin Cities hotels housing ICE agents and organizes late-night "noise demonstrations" aimed at making it "impossible" for those hotels to operate.

Sunrise is bankrolled by a who's who of deep-pocketed left-wing organizations. Open Society Foundations has sent it $2 million since 2019, according to its grant database. Half of the money supported general "social welfare activities." The Ford Foundation contributed $150,000 in 2024 and $550,000 in 2025, while the MacArthur Foundation--the 12th-largest private charity in America--gave $250,000 in 2024, according to tax filings and grant disclosures. Sunrise says it generally rejects "checks that come with expectations of input on our strategy." It also says donations go to support its local chapters with "materials, housing, technology, food, travel, training expenses, and more."

Sunrise Twin Cities has collaborated with two other local groups to drive anti-ICE demonstrations: Unidos MN and Defend the 612.

Unidos, an "immigrant-led, BIPOC majority, multiracial, state-wide organization," leads a "rapid response" network through its affiliate group, Monarca. That network includes a 24/7 hotline that Twin Cities residents can call to report ICE activity. The group's trained "responders" are then dispatched to the area in an attempt to prevent ICE agents from making arrests. Like Sunrise, Unidos is backed by the Ford Foundation, which sent the group $400,000 in 2024. The left-wing dark money juggernaut Sixteen Thirty Fund sent Unidos $150,000 between 2021 and 2022, tax filings show.

Defend the 612 offers similar "ICE Watch Welcome & Orientation" trainings for those in the Twin Cities interested in "documenting ICE activity." It also offers "Community Response Resources" that provide guidance on "Tracking Federal Agents." This includes a list of known ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities--or a list of "License Plates of Abductors," as Defend the 612 describes federal immigration agents. The group accepts donations through Cooperation Cannon River, a Minneapolis-based "social and environmental justice" nonprofit that has received funding from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the left-wing dark money giant Tides Foundation, and the Solutions Project, a grantmaking organization founded by actor Mark Ruffalo.

Another group that operates its own ICE sighting hotline, Copal MN, has received $50,000 from the Tides Foundation and an additional $185,000 from the Sixteen Thirty Fund.

The groups' funding sources underscore the extent to which Democratic billionaires prop up some of the more radical left-wing activism across the country.

...

Good's wife, Becca Good, was on the scene and told Good to "drive" as the agents approached the SUV. Becca Good reportedly followed an Instagram page, "MN Ice Watch," that describes itself as an "autonomous collective documenting & resisting against ICE, police, & all colonial militarized regimes."

Last June, the page posted training slides that it described as a "basic introduction to de-arresting," a tactic in which activists pressure police to release arrestees. One slide calls for "totally surrounding the officers who have the arrestee or otherwise blocking them and/or their vehicle and chanting 'Let them go!' and the like until the LEOs [law enforcement officers] cave to the mounting pressure." A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee," a move the slide says is "probably the most risky as it requires physical contact with an officer."

The illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit the cop over the head, though -- probably on advice of lawyers -- the text claims that an "assault" merely could happen.

attackingcops.jpeg

Here's who they're protecting:


Matt Finn
@MattFinnFNC

NEW: amid ongoing tension between Minnesota and Trump admin, DHS is calling on Gov. Walz & Mayor Frey to co-operate with 1,360 detainers of criminal illegal aliens after DHS says MN already released 470 criminal illegal aliens onto streets.

"Governor Walz and Mayor Frey REFUSE to cooperate with ICE law enforcement and have released nearly 470 criminal illegal aliens back onto the streets of Minneapolis. We are calling on Walz and Frey to stop this dangerous policy and commit to honoring the ICE arrest detainers of the more than 1,360 criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota's custody," said Assistant Secretary @TriciaOhio. "It is common sense. Criminal illegal aliens should not be released back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans."


  • Leny Odemel Ramirez-Santos, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras charged with sex offense against a child -- fondling and driving under the influence of liquor.

  • Edwin Amable Ashca Ninasuta, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador with charges for lewd or lascivious acts with a minor.

  • Lenda Neh Mama Epse George, a criminal illegal alien from Cameroon with charges for cruelty toward a child and domestic violence.

  • German Adriano Llangari Inga, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador charged with homicide -- negligent manslaughter with a vehicle and driving under the influence of liquor.

  • Puol Both, a criminal illegal alien from Sudan convicted of making terroristic threats, burglary, first-degree aggravated robbery, and larceny.

  • Somsalao Thonesavanh, a criminal illegal alien from Laos convicted of drug trafficking and selling a synthetic narcotic.

A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists:

Todd Blanche
@DAGToddBlanche

ICE operates in thousands of counties without incident. Men and women doing their jobs, protecting us from criminal aliens.

Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It's disgusting.

Walz and Frey - I'm focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It's a promise.



Posted by: Ace at 05:34 PM




Comments

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1 Why, those fine aliens look like they would share my values.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 15, 2026 05:36 PM (bNf8H)

2 I'm pretty sure the menopausal woman is just hysterical. It's one of the symptoms. She's also at least ten years older than the filter on her phone would have you believe.

Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (98kQX)

3 I don't want to listen to any nutcase making a video in their car

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (Nx5jP)

4 Star Trek aliens?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (pkeXY)

5 More crazy eyes

Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (uQzkA)

6 I'm sorta' done with being a cat toy for the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (U2OZr)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (LdBR/)

8 [Reprising this from the prior thread:]

All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)

-------------

Absolutely.

They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.

I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R)

9 Well, she seems nice....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (SRRAx)

10 Man.

Those Blessings of Liberty sure do look straight out of Central Casting.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (ZcsJV)

11
I'm sorta' done with being a cat toy for the left.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


I feel like I've been tied to the scratching post.
-All men, brother

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (pkeXY)

12 Attacking an officer is a recipe for getting ventilated.

The makers of those action booklets should be arrested for incitement and criminal accessories.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (XV/Pl)

13 Only serious people use Twilight as a reference. Just saying.

Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (uQzkA)

14 The crazy eyes are always a tell, even before they open their yaps.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (9Ovst)

15 Someone is funding terrorism for years, classes on how to disrupt ICE to getting loads of bricks delivered on a city street before a riot

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)

16
That's our Jane D'oh!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (x4Mz/)

17 >>> 12 Attacking an officer is a recipe for getting ventilated.

The makers of those action booklets should be arrested for incitement and criminal accessories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (XV/Pl)

You're gonna need a bigger ICE.

Or, you could offer bounties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (ULPxl)

18 Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:

https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170

"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)

19 At what age, exactly, does that scrunt think that menopause begins?

Because there is such a thing as pre-menopause, which starts at around 40 for some women.

Is that chick planning on having any more kids? If not, why does she care about starting menopause?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (SRRAx)

20 They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.

I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R)
---
Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (ESVrU)

21
A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists:

=============

Threats are nice. Action is nicer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (x4Mz/)

22 tactic 2 Pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on
an arrestee. Often combined with "tactic 1" this tactic is probably the most risky as it requires physi- cal contact with an officer which could lead to assault on an officer charges or escalate
the LEO response


Go ahead. Touch a cop. That's automatic aggravated assault, regardless of whether you used a weapon or not. And really screw up and do it to a state trooper. Because those guys play less than Fed do.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (FzgDV)

23 >>> 18
==
"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)

This is in some "blue" city, right? Because if not, why aren't the local cops arresting the dumb bint?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (ULPxl)

24 If I were an LEO I think I would be just as happy taking in a self-deputized de-arrester as the original perp.

I'll just grab you.

Excellent choice! Excellent choice!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (Q4cxx)

25 From the 'de-arresting 'zine'"

"Being arrested can have drastic negative life altering affects, especially for targeted populations like people who aren't white, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and certain radicals."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1)

26 When I said Tim Walz Indicted (No) I thought we were referring to the Somali crap. I suppose he could do any number of things to get indicted though. I'll stick with no but with this retard who knows.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (E0p3T)

27 Ahhhhh!!! Dark Money! The bane of our precious democracy!

Except, it's okay for the Dems to utilize that in service to our precious democracy.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (5yDGQ)

28 Here's a crazy thought...

What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU)

29 >>> 24 If I were an LEO I think I would be just as happy taking in a self-deputized de-arrester as the original perp.

I'll just grab you.

Excellent choice! Excellent choice!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (Q4cxx)

You can't arrest me! ICE doesn't have jurisdiction over citizens!! I'm a Legal Observer!!!

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Karen Deathwheels at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ULPxl)

30 I shouldn't have watched that video while eating, almost choked from laughing at her.
She hasn't thought her anger and TDS has more to do with it than President Trump really has.

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)

31 She seems nice.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (xbncC)

32 The lastest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early🤣😂

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So, you're saying that there'll no longer be blood coming out of their eyes, or blood coming out of there ... wherever?

[h/t DJT]

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (G0b3R)

33
Only serious people use Twilight as a reference. Just saying.
Posted by: NCKate


Twilight ZONE, maybe.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (pkeXY)

34 George Soros, the Ford Foundation, and Democrat Dark Money Groups work for and closely with the federal government.

At least the ones who get money from NED and help fund NGOs. Is this surprising?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (rbvCR)

35 At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (6Uni8)

36 Single guys stay well clear of any single moms. That row has already been hoed.

Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (uQzkA)

37 Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:

https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170

"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)
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Posting like a pro!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx)

38 Why pass laws only to attack the people who enforce them?

Oh that's right. This is different. Somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX)

39 As long as they don't call themselves 'Antifa" it's all good.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (/lPRQ)

40 >>> 35 At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (6Uni

Deputize some Morons.

Posted by: Zombie Karen Deathwheels at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (ULPxl)

41 Oooops.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (ULPxl)

42 You have to scoop and run, you idiots. Scoop and run.

https://tinyurl.com/4nsh2ud2

Posted by: resistance trainer at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (98kQX)

43 At some point, we are going to have to just start ending people. The civilian legal system was not set up to prosecute this.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (FzgDV)

44 Sure would be nice for some actual consequences for said funding

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (/6GbT)

45 All this to cover up the massive fraud, very likely including the Gov, AG, Minneapolis mayor, judges (some twat reversed jury conviction).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (Dv3i1)

46 How much money did Soros pay Renee Good paid?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (zj3ZI)

47 >>> 43 At some point, we are going to have to just start ending people. The civilian legal system was not set up to prosecute this.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (FzgDV)

Hi!

Posted by: Insurrection Act at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (ULPxl)

48
How not to get your ass kicked by the Police:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Posted by: Provided as a public service at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (xbncC)

49 Patience.

Baltimore Riots 1861 > Minneapolis 2026

For the moment, anyway.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (rj6Yv)

50 Jane D'oh cracking heads on the twatters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (RIvkX)

51 >>> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (zj3ZI)

Soros is no Jussie Smollet, timwalz.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (ULPxl)

52 I learned the Fidelity Foundation supported No Kings. Every time I am contacted by Fidelity, I explain to them why I will not do any new business with them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (wBaIH)

53 20 They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.

I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R)
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Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Nope, tax all foundations, ngos, etc. at 50 percent rate per annum to eliminate any that do political activism.

The right will get hit somewhat but such a tax would kill the left ngo universe, they would have to quickly decide between their own salaries or bullshit activism making life worse for Americans.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (WDjG6)

54 We've been looking forward to the Insurrection Act for years. The EOs from his first term will take care of the funding.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (dfgzq)

55 I went through my teenage years with a buddy who was a delinquent and was in and out of legal trouble. His father was dead and his mother compensated by always bailing him out of any mess he got himself into.

Breaking the law was all fun and games until--hee hee!--he opened up the back door of a police car to let a buddy escape.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (Q4cxx)

56 If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

57 >>> A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists:

Would be a shame if they both 'died' during arrest.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (/lPRQ)

58 The ford foundation is still getting usaid money from taxpayers under the "democracy delivers" initiative. Trump needs to stop those payments now.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (0N4FZ)

59 ‘ At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration.’

Climate change you say? What does “climate change” have to do with ICE enforcement and illegal Somali CHUDs? Ya know, it’s almost as if all these leftwing groups are just fronts for violent communism, and the label they put on it is just lipstick on the pig pretext.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (vGaW9)

60 28 Here's a crazy thought...

What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Evil self centered awful person is the other explanation.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (WDjG6)

61 >>> 56 If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

Deputize
the
Horde.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:52 PM (ULPxl)

62 31 She seems nice.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (xbncC)


Yes, yes she does.....
***Comment #9****

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

63 42 You have to scoop and run, you idiots. Scoop and run.

https://tinyurl.com/4nsh2ud2
Posted by: resistance trainer at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM

She seems nice.

Posted by: Bonus: neck tattoo at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (xbncC)

64 If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.
Posted by: JackStraw


Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (FzgDV)

65 I'm glad these deranged lunatics are advertising themselves on TikTok, etc., because it will make it easier to find them when the burning times come.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (XMwZJ)

66 At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.
Posted by: XTC


Arm the QRF with submachine guns and old school maces with the deep flanges (for more effective skull cracking goodness).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (/lPRQ)

67 Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down.
---
That's why I'm going to start calling them cartel judges and not clown judges.

They are not stupid, they are just working for someone else.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (HXT0k)

68 The women shown here are blindingly white. They look pretty comfortably well off. I want to believe that it’s just a hobbyist fad that they are indulging. Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (pDt9x)

69 I think the evocation of the Insurrection act would leave ample room for a RICO investigation as to who funded the uprising.

That's why I think Walz is shifting to peace. He could even have been ordered to change his tone. As long as he could continue to drone on about how this is not right and so on.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (Q4cxx)

70 Hey sweetheart, that's not menopause. The rechargeable batteries in your Chinese dildo are overheating and the realistic texture skin is made from toxic substances. That and your cat has been pissing on it because he doesn't like competition.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vzcgi)

71 RICO the fuck out these bastards. Arrest them, no bail. Seize their assets.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (n5tGW)

72 Is this trend of screaming hysterically into phone camera going to ever end?

Shut up. All of you crazy assholes might as well be shouting into a mirror. What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XLfSN)

73 ‘ criminal illegal alien from Laos’

Is it just me, or are scumbags from this shithole area very disproportionately represented in these roundups? Laos women are hot, though. Judge Blade would be … conflicted.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vGaW9)

74 Here's a crazy thought...

What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU)

--------------

That and/or a couple dozen abortions?

Also, you know how a group of women who spend a lot of time together will eventually develop synchronized menstrual cycles following the dominant female? Perhaps it also happens if they have a couple dozen menstruating cats?

We're gonna need a new ICD-10 Diagnosis Code (and Muldoon Limerick): PMMS (Pre-Mature-Menstrual Syndrome).

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (G0b3R)

75 Don't forget Neville Singham, the CCP terrorist middleman in Singapore.

But also, you and I are funding these via tax dollars to NGOs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (HXT0k)

76 >>> 57 A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists

Would be a shame if they both 'died' during arrest.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (/lPRQ)

Frey might be just barely smart enough to surrender. I think timmeh knows he's fcked if he gets busted.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (ULPxl)

77 Crazy eyes - ✓
Bird hands - ✓

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XeU6L)

78 2 I'm pretty sure the menopausal woman is just hysterical. It's one of the symptoms. She's also at least ten years older than the filter on her phone would have you believe.
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (98kQX)

-----

That's a good catch. She is using a filter. I was focused on her crazy eyes and her femrage so I missed the filter part.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (aZm/F)

79 May all of these AWFLs enter menopause at 17.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:56 PM (pDt9x)

80 At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground.
---
They are holding off the ICE age.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (Q4cxx)

81 If you are wondering if the Trump administration is mapping the money networks.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
3h
>>🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller reveals federal agents are HUNTING DOWN the leftist insurrection network as each arrest is made in Minneapolis

>>"This is a national security priority! Each arrest gives us an opportunity to learn about the network."

>>GOOD.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (2ap+5)

83 If naughty backers of insurrectionists are funneling money from foreign countries for promoting riotous behavior, pulling their passports as flight risks makes sense.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (rj6Yv)

84 >>> 70 Hey sweetheart, that's not menopause. The rechargeable batteries in your Chinese dildo are overheating and the realistic texture skin is made from toxic substances. That and your cat has been pissing on it because he doesn't like competition.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vzcgi)

ME NO WANT

HALP

Posted by: menopause chick's cat at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (ULPxl)

85 81 If you are wondering if the Trump administration is mapping the money networks.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
3h
>>🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller reveals federal agents are HUNTING DOWN the leftist insurrection network as each arrest is made in Minneapolis

>>"This is a national security priority! Each arrest gives us an opportunity to learn about the network."

>>GOOD.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Good. We will see then what the RESIST! judges do.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (WDjG6)

86 Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente
Posted by: rickb223
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Possible Thread Winner

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (XeU6L)

87 Tim, one of Modern Masculinity's pillars, has spoken:

"I am making a direct appeal to the President:

Let's turn the temperature down.
Stop this campaign of retribution.
This is not who we are.

And an appeal to Minnesotans:

I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out
loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan
the flames of chaos. That's what he wants.

-- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)

88 Yeah, its no coincidence things went vertical in MN once they started honing in on the fraud. A lot of this MN terror orgs are probably getting a good cut of that money.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (n5tGW)

89 >>> 82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (2ap+5)

Bullshit!

Posted by: Doomcock at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (ULPxl)

90 Seize their assets.
_______
Dream on. Not gonna happen.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (s0JqF)

91 I'm so thankful my wife doesn't record herself while acting like a fuckin retard. That shit is so repulsive. In what world is that not the behavior of an insane individual? It's 100 percent penis repellent. ... And these cunts wonder, "where are all the good men.. ?"
Retards

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (XLfSN)

92 ME NO WANT

HALP
Posted by: menopause chick's cat at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (ULPxl)

-------

HA!

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (aZm/F)

93 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)

94 A Minnesota Karen and a sovereign citizen walk into a bar...

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (2UnvF)

95 That chicks eyes in the last video. Damn, thats not a dolls eyes.

Ever seen photos of John Brown? Stonewall Jackson? You can feel the heat of their gaze, a hundred years later.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (zZu0s)

96
82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay

After she trashed to place for offending her sensibilities. And Iger let it happen. He is really an awful CEO that should have been defenestrated with extreme prejudice by Disney shareholders years ago.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (WDjG6)

97 Another group that operates its own ICE sighting hotline, Copal MN, has received $50,000 from the Tides Foundation and an additional $185,000 from the Sixteen Thirty Fund.
---
Ah, up until that sentence, I was wondering where Tides was in all this.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (Q4cxx)

98 I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out
loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan
the flames of chaos. That's what he wants.

-- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
======

I can imagine Walz shouting this into a mic while waving his Jazz Hands.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (rj6Yv)

99 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)

Prime Christina Hendricks rack was almost scary huge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

100 ‘ criminal illegal alien from Laos’

Is it just me, or are scumbags from this shithole area very disproportionately represented in these roundups? Laos women are hot, though. Judge Blade would be … conflicted.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Quick image bing on "Laos women" indicates that crazy-hot laos women are waiting for YOU!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)

101 91 I'm so thankful my wife doesn't record herself while acting like a fuckin retard. That shit is so repulsive. In what world is that not the behavior of an insane individual? It's 100 percent penis repellent. ... And these cunts wonder, "where are all the good men.. ?"
Retards
Posted by: melodicmetal
=======
Internet is forever and is now serving as a warning system for men to avoid sticking their dick in crazy.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (WDjG6)

102 >>> 96
==
After she trashed to place for offending her sensibilities. And Iger let it happen. He is really an awful CEO that should have been defenestrated with extreme prejudice by Disney shareholders years ago.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (WDjG6)

I'm beginning to wonder if shareholder voting is as secure as the 2020 election.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (ULPxl)

103 82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay

Good, but I hope we don't get a Disney thread.. How many times can I say Die Mouse Die ...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (VE6XX)

104 Crazy Bitch has to be on serious medication

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.

Posted by: Oglebay
---
Her last official action will be burning the building down and the film archives and salting the ashes.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (Q4cxx)

106 “ Looks askance at Aetius “

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x)

107 I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?

Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)

108 Deputize
the
Horde.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (DsA2n)

109 "Serpentine, Sidney!" - as you flee the rabid Karen

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (Q0yOR)

110 98 I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out
loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan
the flames of chaos. That's what he wants.

-- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ"

Hey Tim.. That is not what Trump wants.. It's what you want..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (VE6XX)

111
All of you crazy assholes might as well be shouting into a mirror.

They ARE!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (pkeXY)

112 Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente
Posted by: rickb223
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Possible Thread Winner
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Possible?? That's HOF worthy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (vzcgi)

113 Maybe I’m crazy but I think, if an outlet is going to publish a story about someone being shot by a federal agent, they should include the fact that said person was attacking said agent with a shovel in the headline/sub.

If our jobs were journalism, don't you think we'd do journalism? Is there any measure by which you'd say we're journalists?

Posted by: Journalists at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (c3xE6)

114 We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants.

-- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ"
---------

Timmy, you are not 'fanning the flames of chaos', you are maifestly the flames of chaos.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (XeU6L)

115 Dear Lord. Just heard about Nieds on X. Please pray for her.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (th/4a)

116 >>> 107 I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?

Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)

Other things too; for example, medical care for old folks. Good thing Sarah Palin was wrong about death panels! Pay no attention to that MAID behind the curtain.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (ULPxl)

117 Nieds????

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (pDt9x)

118 SSRIs man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (zZu0s)

119 I've been thinking about something....

The vast majority of the people protesting, the really crazy ones, are middle aged liberal women. The liberal women often don't have a spouse. Or kids.

With feminism they are no longer treated as something to be protected, but just like everyone else.

Secretly they hate this. They want to feel special and important. They also don't have a man in their life they can order to protect them. They feel frightened by this. Frightened by society who doesn't give a shit about them.

So, they conjure up demons to slay and decide to go into battle themselves. They imagine, whatever their antics, that the ICE men will...notice them. and differ to them. And never harm them, no matter how stupid they act.

And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (tV890)

120 "Folks" has been worn the fuck out by these propagandists.

Bugs Bunny and Hitler hardest hit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

121 >>> 108
==
We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (DsA2n)

MoMees!

MoMees everywhere!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (ULPxl)

122 I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?

Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question.


And we respect their decision.

Posted by: The GOPe at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (c3xE6)

123 “ Looks askance at Aetius “
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x)

I want to face the danger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s)

124
99 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)

Prime Christina Hendricks rack was almost scary huge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s

Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can

Posted by: Sir Galahad at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (44PAK)

125 18 Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:

https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170

"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)

Something tells me she didn't require that of the dude that knocked her up. She's just another 304.

Posted by: Christian men step up and marry them! at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (TbWk/)

126 36 NCKate, I believe the expression is "That hoe has already been plowed."

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (wBaIH)

127 I'm beginning to wonder if shareholder voting is as secure as the 2020 election.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
=========
Problem is allowing State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock to vote shares entrusted to them. They should be required to get buyin from fund holders which would stop a lot of do gooderism using other people's money.

Same with DEI, the fund managers are forcing the companies to walk the plank despite causing losses to the actual fund owners.

They can spend their own damn money doing that shit but like government types, demand the right to use other people's money to do that.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (WDjG6)

128 112 Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente
Posted by: rickb223

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lol

My favorite part: Kaiser Permanente.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (aZm/F)

129 Nieds????
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (pDt9x

Not sure. Maybe Niedermeyers dead horse?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s)

130 And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (tV890)
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I'd guess you're on to something.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:06 PM (Q4cxx)

131 Dem thinking: We need to raise $100 million to elect Ds to congress so they can pass a bill that will fund $5 million in daycares in Minnesota.

It never occurs to them to simply spend the $100 million they raised funding daycare.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

132 The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early...

So, what is your point Bitch ?????

Not necessary a bad thing that you do not have any Liberal Loser Babies that grow Up to be a Nonbinary idiot....

Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (speX7)

133 >>> 115 Dear Lord. Just heard about Nieds on X. Please pray for her.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (th/4a)

Niedermeyer's Dead Horse? I can't find anything in recent threads, what's going on?

Sending prayers because He will know...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (ULPxl)

134 People worry about Somalians a lot but I saw a list last week that DHS put out with the worst offenders they'd picked up in MN the previous week.

The majority of them were men from Laos accused of sexual assault, some with minors.

Laotian men are apparently the biggest pigs on the planet if the arrests across the country are anything to go on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

135 I saw a leftist woman about my age on X yesterday who had cut off her daughter, her best friend of 50 years, and other members of her family because they just didn't understand the adventure she was on, as if it was some grand trip around the world. They are crazed.

Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (98kQX)

136
Something tells me she didn't require that of the dude that knocked her up. She's just another 304.
Posted by: Christian men step up and marry them! at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (TbWk/)

I like the cleavage, but that video is filtered to fuck and back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

137 The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early..

You're Not F**kable anyway....... No Loss....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (Yh9dY)

138
Timmy, you are not 'fanning the flames of chaos', you are maifestly the flames of chaos.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


He's a chaotic flamer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (pkeXY)

139 Time to feed the critters.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (ULPxl)

140 Until you hear ‘Twenty dollars, same as in town.’ it ain’t a date.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (o2ZRX)

141 Laotian men are apparently the biggest pigs on the planet if the arrests across the country are anything to go on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)
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Not to mention their non-compliance when it comes to state and federal game laws.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (rj6Yv)

142 So, they conjure up demons to slay and decide to go into battle themselves. They imagine, whatever their antics, that the ICE men will...notice them. and differ to them. And never harm them, no matter how stupid they act.

And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special.
Posted by: El Mariachi
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Or they are bat shit crazy and evil. Occam's razor.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (WDjG6)

143 Apparently legacy media doesn’t think so.
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You misspelled "Propaganda"

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (Q4cxx)

144 The wimminz is getting crazier. I mean, we've always had "man, bitchez be CRAZY" over beers at the sports bar, but this seems to be a growing phenomenon. I suspect it is due, in part, to the removal of all containment of the darker and more destructive aspects of female nature legally, culturally, and even religiously, in combination with the normalization, even glorification, of pathological behaviors as being a stronk independent woman.

Posted by: Raging balls of unbridled Id at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (TbWk/)

145 Soros and his ilk are funding the training, and the training includes physically interfering with ICE making lawful arrests (of rapists/murders/etc.) ... then they are funding the terror = funding terrorism.

Q.E.D. Arrest them and confiscate assets, to pay for all damages (times three, treble damages). And then jail them for terrorism, and hate crimes against ... America, especially white America.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (vbXSk)

146 More crazy eyes
Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (uQzkA)


Yeah, I noticed that about Menopause Karen, too.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (pJWtt)

147 If you need a filter to be on camera, you're too homely to be on Tik Tok, Instagram, or whatever.

Get back under the porch and stop shaming your family.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (44PAK)

148 The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early..
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Their own vagina is in revolt of their unused femininity.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (Q4cxx)

149 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM


How much for a half & half?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (ESTdS)

150 So I guess every woman nowadays doesn't consider a car test drive complete until she films a TikTok video in it.

Posted by: Gotta wonder at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (xbncC)

151 tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".

It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (gLikB)

152 Deputize
the
Horde.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks


Oregon.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (FzgDV)

153 That last one; she seemed nice . . . .in a psychotic sort of way.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (7aGEe)

154 93 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)

+++++

LOL . I love the "campaign of retribution." That's right, Bud, Trump lost the election to you and Kamala and the only thing he has left is to make your life hell.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (CZFit)

155 Thing is I'd be perfectly fine with legit protest against Ice. Stand there silently with signs. Or even block the road fr a brief time by holding hands.

The screaming the whistles, the blocking traffic, the endless lies, and confrontations. It is the dishonesty of their protest behavior that makes me say "nah." The filming, the lying, the name calling. They come across as total assholes.

Makes me root for the Soylent Green garbage trucks to come along.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (tV890)

156 Well, now we know who is responsible.

https://is.gd/vUbd3t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (L/fGl)

157 Soros and his ilk are funding the training, and the training includes physically interfering with ICE making lawful arrests (of rapists/murders/etc.) ... then they are funding the terror = funding terrorism.
.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (vbXSk)
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I hope they trained Karen and her wife that ICE mostly uses rubber bullets, so no worries.

That would be a glaring liability.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (Q4cxx)

158 What do you expect from foreign people who are not from western civilization?

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

159 I like the cleavage, but that video is filtered to fuck and back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

Totally. Probably has that weird pointy gaunt hatchet face all the chicks are getting these days.

Posted by: Crypt Keeper vibes at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (TbWk/)

160 Large woman who hit menopause achieved orgasm towards the end of the video

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Oql3v)

161 18 USC 1324 Aiding and abetting Illegal Aliens.

PULL THE FUCKING TRIGGER.

As someone died while they were aiding and abetting, you can get 20 years OR the Death Penalty for being part of said conspiracy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)

162 Why the fuck are they filming in their cars? because anywhere else someone might hear how batshit crazy they are. yet they put it on the internet....

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (tV890)

163 Machado and Trump in 'Positive' Meeting at WH

Why is Trump talking to Manny Machado from the San Diego Padres ?

I don't want him to leave that Baseball team and go to Venezuela...

What does a Baseball Player know about governing a country ???

And they call me an Idiot ????

Posted by: Kami Harris at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (J9q9v)

164 The wimminz is getting crazier.

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They said it couldn't be done.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:14 PM (L/fGl)

165 This "de-arresting" bullshit is an instruction book on aiding escape, which is a felony crime in a number of states. Criminal conspiracy at least, maybe RICO, maybe insurrection. They aren't even being subtle about it.

Posted by: Roll all these fuckers up at January 15, 2026 06:16 PM (TbWk/)

166 Lone Watie: How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first?
Josie Wales: But that one on the far left, he had crazy eyes.

Always the crazy eyes...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (MZ+PY)

167 It cannot be said enough that anti-national activists are also anti-democracy, since they pose as pro-, and it's one of the easiest to expose of their lies.

They are in violent defiance of black-letter law, which was written as bills and passed by our elected legislators, then signed into law by our elected executive. But that's just words; without enforcement, there is no substance of majoritarian popular self-rule, only formal play-acting.

Legislators are only the voice of democracy; cops are its hands. To oppose the enforcement of our laws is to oppose democratic self-governance itself, and they do.

Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (Sy6m/)

168 151 tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (gLikB)

Obstruction of Justice. Aiding and Abetting. Assault. Conspiracy. Incitement to Riot (18 USC 2101)

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (mP0Kj)

169 A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee," a move the slide says is "probably the most risky as it requires physical contact with an officer."

The anti-ICE protester who was shot in the eye with a less lethal round was rushing toward officers as they arrested someone. I believe he was going to try the "de-arrest" technique. They're saying he won't recover vision in the eye.

Video here:
http://tiny.cc/bwpx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (Yp6az)

170 156 Well, now we know who is responsible.

https://is.gd/vUbd3t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (L/fGl)

Blame Canada.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)

171 I'd add "Indivisible" to the funding tree. They are a unique organization in that you're likely to find a whole lot of the laid off State Dept. and Intelligence community within their ranks. Initially, it was arguably set up by the State Department to initiate "color revolutions" abroad. However, they are now more focused domestically.

Interestingly, they have different facets...and use different non-profit designations on each (501 c4, 501 c3 respectively), but show no discretion in their goals which is displayed prominently on their webpage. They are 100% partisan and in defiance of the current administration. They even note their full support for the Democrat party exclusively. Which would be a violation of their tax free status in bold letters.

They, IMO, are probably more devious, covert, and effective than any of the Soros entities. And, they should be treated as such.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (dIske)

172 Which way, Kathleen?
-fool around with Pablo the pool boy in the hot tub
-ruin Star Wars

Pablo really should have taken one for the team here.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (gKWVE)

173 Someday will have to sign up for X

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

174 It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel


Don't forget to thunk their skulls with the flanged mace to calm them down.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (/lPRQ)

175 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago

it was gonna be so good

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt)

176 151 tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".

It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM

You said this better than I ever could have, but this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (xJGPn)

177 Skip. I’m thinking the same thing. Is there X for Dummies if I decide to take the plunge?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:21 PM (2NHgQ)

178 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago

it was gonna be so good
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt

Lol.

L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)

179 173 Someday will have to sign up for X
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

Occasionally crosses my mind, but then I ask myself why bother. Have enough flotsam and jetsam floating around in my brain, and perfectly sufficent time sucks already in place.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x)

180 175 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago

it was gonna be so good
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt)

L'esprit de'escalier

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (xJGPn)

181 169 A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee," a move the slide says is "probably the most risky as it requires physical contact with an officer."

The anti-ICE protester who was shot in the eye with a less lethal round was rushing toward officers as they arrested someone. I believe he was going to try the "de-arrest" technique. They're saying he won't recover vision in the eye.

Video here:
http://tiny.cc/bwpx001
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (Yp6az

You love to see it. If you can, I mean.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (12gd1)

182 A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee,"



Again, touching a law-enforcement officer is aggravated assault, whether you have a weapon or not.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (FzgDV)

183 175 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago

it was gonna be so good

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt)

++++

It's a tragedy we all have suffered.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (CZFit)

184 Never signed up for any social media

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)

185 I'll say it again, trump needs to form the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)

186 60-70 Minneapolis police officers have put in for 20 week paid leave program per Alpha News cited at Hot Air. That city is effed

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Oql3v)

187 Then: Of course Ashli Babbit had to die. There were people pushing cops at this...this...insurrection!

Now: Obviously federal agents don't have a right to respond if protestor push them, hit them, or drive over them. I mean they are just protecting their neighbors

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (sKqQm)

188 My new puppy obviates the need for any new distractions.

Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (pDt9x)

189 Geez, we could seize their assets if only we had a an FBI and an Atty General.

Posted by: susan harms at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (Kkd7F)

190 Jinx, caligirl.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

191 I have no doubt that Neville Roy Singham is involved in funding this. And he gets all of his money from the CCP.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (uWKK8)

192 190 Jinx, caligirl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

I owe you a coke.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:25 PM (xJGPn)

193 Are you guys following this Amelia thing?

The british government made some woke video game where you role play various interactions as a college student.

One of them is interacting with an anti-immigration activist who happens to be a pretty goth girl.

And EngSoc was shocked to find people endorsing Amelia and declaring their love for her...because apparently EngSoc does not know pretty goth girls are popular on the ijnternet...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:25 PM (sKqQm)

194 Never signed up for any social media
Posted by: Skip
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Same here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

195 185 I would assist with that, toot sweet.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (Q0yOR)

196 186 60-70 Minneapolis police officers have put in for 20 week paid leave program per Alpha News cited at Hot Air. That city is effed
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Oql3v)


Good.. They just get in the way

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (VE6XX)

197 I have given up on the Trump Administration in terms of draining the swamp.

Every single one of his people talk big but do nothing.

His foreign policy rocks. I fail to understand why Trump subdues all of our foreign enemies but stands by doing nothing about the Enemy Within which has done orders of magnitude more damage in five years than all of our enemies combined have done to us to date.

Why have a super military when sub-retarded morons can steal trillions from us and arch-criminals can do any damned thing they want with zero fear of consequences?

At this point, with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?

April 15th is coming up. How many people are coming to the same conclusion?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe)

198 Well, ya know. For the paltry sum of...oh...say...$5 million, I could put together a group of counter protesters and would bring an end to this kerfluffel. One week..two tops.
And I'd refund the unused portion.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (2WIwB)

199 It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.

Remember the head of Proud Boys was arrested even though he wasn't in the J6 protests. Same standard here right?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:27 PM (sKqQm)

200 Just to be clear, most of the money is stolen taxpayer money via NGOs, and it is used not only to fund terrorism but also the democrat party.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (9KKv0)

201
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170

"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)
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Posting like a pro!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx)

there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK8)

202 there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK

Thats my problem most of the time here. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9)

203 OK screw it

I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange. Anyway, "Angela Norris" is not an AWFL in my opinion. She's more like a trophy wife, over-sexed, spoiled, fiercely protective of her offspring, likes spending Tommy's money. The only SJW thing she's done in the show is take some nursing home residents on occasional field trips- strip club, bowling, casino, etc.

Ali Larter is the actress. Hotter than hell.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt)

204 At this point, with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?

April 15th is coming up. How many people are coming to the same conclusion?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe)

You are beginning to realize that foreign policy is a far easier area for a President to be effective in, because foreign policy is not subject to the whims of 870 separate Federal Judges.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (uWKK8)

205 Come on guys let loose, we delecate flowers of femininity can take it.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (2NHgQ)

206
there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK

She's a skanky whore, there I said it and I didn't even read the post. Also, leftist women have really messed up our country.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (xJGPn)

207 It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves.

Trump has zero interest in incarcerating American Citizens. I'm wondering how many dead ICE officers there are going to be.

It seems that the Left have reason to believe that they are bullet proof despite the Nicole Good incident, because the Administration refuses to do anything more than issue out Sick Burnz and send in more agents to get beat up and shot.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (BvPIe)

208 >>"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!


Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (ZcsJV)

209 Thomas Paine: "...and it is used not only to fund terrorism but also the democrat party."

But you repeat yourself.

Not really kidding here. MN is an ongoing insurrection.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (gLikB)

210 His foreign policy rocks. I fail to understand why Trump subdues all of our foreign enemies but stands by doing nothing about the Enemy Within which has done orders of magnitude more damage in five years than all of our enemies combined have done to us to date.


Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe)

yeah, thats a big piss off. I hear well it takes time, and this and that, and well rome wasn't built in a day. yeah, well it fucking burned down in one, where's the god damn torches.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (snZF9)

211 >>>The illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit the cop over the head, though -- probably on advice of lawyers -- the text claims that an "assault" merely could happen.

I don't care. Arrest the authors, the distributors, the funders, their lawyers, everyone. Let them prove their defenses in court.

Because it is rapidly becoming time where such resorts - being one way and otherwise fruitless - will give way to less desirable processes for everyone involved.

This is kind of the last chance, or at least it feels that way.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (dK+Kv)

212 Someone is funding terrorism for years"

Sherlock says "no way, huh"...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (XuXeR)

213 It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

Awe.

He should feel lucky he didn't beaned with the two-handed flanged mace.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (/lPRQ)

214 there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK

Thats my problem most of the time here. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9)

***

Ditto.
Although my AI meter is twitching.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)

215 Two thoughts about the new Star Trek Kids:

1) Was George Takei "out" when he worked in the original series?

3) I'm sure a lesbian actress would have been in the original series, as long as she looked hot with a plunging neckline, miniskirt, and go-go boots. And had been willing to sleep with Gene Roddenberry, of course.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (BHrzb)

216 with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?"

Feels good being treated as a sucker, huh?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR)

217 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)
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Tell me you couldn't have fun messing with her. Work together and Excel sheet showing costs you are willing to spend, then start deducting based on looks, attitude, potential annoyance, hygiene, age, mental acuity.

When it's all said and done, she'd owe you about $200 to take her out. And, include a service fee of a standard 10%.

Send her an email with a bill for $220.00 with a mileage charge to be determined.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 06:34 PM (dIske)

218 And EngSoc was shocked to find people endorsing Amelia and declaring their love for her...because apparently EngSoc does not know pretty goth girls are popular on the ijnternet...
Posted by: 18-1


Most are doing it just to fvck with the system.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:35 PM (/lPRQ)

219 https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170

"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".

So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents!
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst)
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Posting like a pro!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx)

there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK

The putative app allows ladies to haggle over price?

How about zero, and no essence either.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (dK+Kv)

220 When it's all said and done, she'd owe you about $200 to take her out. And, include a service fee of a standard 10%.


$5000 plus gratuity

Posted by: Deandre Holmes at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (sKqQm)

221 Kathleen Kennedy appears to have stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally correct

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (Oql3v)

222 Although my AI meter is twitching."

The reappearing mirror and changing artwork wasn't a clue?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:37 PM (XuXeR)

223 Can I petition we formally always refer to the current British government as EngSoc from now on?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:37 PM (sKqQm)

224 Ouch! Right comment, wrong post.

And by 3), I meant 2).

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 15, 2026 06:38 PM (BHrzb)

225 You are beginning to realize that foreign policy is a far easier area for a President to be effective in, because foreign policy is not subject to the whims of 870 separate Federal Judges.

This is a pattern with ALL presidents. They dabble in domestic affairs, discover the hard way that the Regulatory And Bureaucratic Branch of the Fe'ral Government is the most powerful branch in Government then realize to have any meaningful legacy they need to beat up some weak or relatively harmless group of foreigners.

Syria, Libya, Bosnia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Grenada. No one with actual fighting skills or any resemblance of a military.

That is why the Iran hit surprised the world. Americans normally don't take on anyone stronger than the local NRA shooting club.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (nAS9C)

226 Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett



Sometimes they want your house.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (FzgDV)

227 Itinerant Alley Butcher: "He should feel lucky he didn't beaned with the two-handed flanged mace."

We're not animals. Vaporizing their bank accounts and sending them off to PMITA Federal Prison with bologna sandwiches and one pillow is punishment enough. Unless ICE/BP agents get killed in which case the "freedom fighting alien alliance" should simply pray that extended mace on face is all they get.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:40 PM (gLikB)

228 Gnood

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:41 PM (Oql3v)

229 >Right comment, wrong post.
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ah, Dr John
good song

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (ZxPkt)

230 This is kind of the last chance, or at least it feels that way.

I wonder if there is anyone with the balls to confront this Administration and simply ask

When Americans see that you are weak and pathetic, refuse to enforce the laws and let evil, sedition, insurrection and wholesale plunder to go unfettered what will you do when Heritage Americans do the job you refuse to do?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (nAS9C)

231 with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?"

Feels good being treated as a sucker, huh?
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR)

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Livestock. We're treated as livestock.
Some are milked for all they're worth, and some are fleeced.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (Hx0tZ)

232 I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange.....

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt)


Tell me you've never been to Midland/Lubbock/Amarillo, Texas without telling me that.

"Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (SRRAx)

233 I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange.....

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt)

Tell me you've never been to Midland/Lubbock/Amarillo, Texas without telling me that.

"Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas,


Better than Brownsville.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)

234 Gnood
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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A silent 'G' has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (XeU6L)

235 well rome wasn't built in a day. yeah, well it fucking burned down in one, where's the god damn torches.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I want accountability. If it doesn't come and we continue to watch the defenestration of the rule of law, then I want scalps. I want scalps hanging from my lodge pole.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (vzcgi)

236 226 Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett

Sometimes they want your house.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (FzgDV)


Ah, yes- the punchline to that old joke, "What do a tornado and a divorce have in common?"

Answer: Someone is gonna end up losing a house 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (SRRAx)

237 Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett

Stop picking up "ladies" down by the docks.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (oftw2)

238 Better than Brownsville.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Or, Lizard Lick

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (XeU6L)

239 "Good's wife, Becca Good,"
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I know why the MSM uses this language, but we don't have to accept it. They are "halo"ing this woman by wrapping her in the comforting language of home and family.

Mentally, and actually if you can, edit it to " lesbian partner". Factual, and not viewed as especially pejorative by most readers.
If they were actually married (in a state that does that) add "married in {state}"
Let's not normalized our opponents.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (ibgwE)

240 Teresa in Fort Worth: "Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that?

I cannot believe I didn't know that. I lived in Texas a decent number of years. I've heard of Amarillo for all of them. It never dawned on me why. I guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees and all that damned dust.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (gLikB)

241 I want accountability. If it doesn't come and we continue to watch the defenestration of the rule of law, then I want scalps. I want scalps hanging from my lodge pole.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (vzcgi)

You want: scalps hanging from your lodgepole.

You'd settle for: heads near pikes.

You'll get: too naked red-haired fatties screeching at you about your whiteness.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:57 PM (dK+Kv)

242 Walz is also smurfing funds to other democrat politicians.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (9KKv0)

243 ***illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit ***

After current events here and abroad it's not difficult to imagine
A Knife in the Assailant's hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (4BNa1)

244 "date deposit app"

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Nature's way of saying danger! Stay away!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (L/fGl)

245 I cannot believe I didn't know that. ...

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
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And why is the Mission San Antonio de Valero called the Alamo?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (4BNa1)

246 DHS knows who they are and where they live - all of them citizens and foreigners alike. In the middle of the night round them up, load them on Galexy's and fly them to Somolia; shoo them off the ramp and leave.

MN wakes up in the morning and the streets are clean.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (4BNa1)

247 Don't forget those foundations are funded with YOUR tax money, brother.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:18 PM (iXm17)

Minneapolis Mayor and Insurrectionist Jacob Frey Justifes Attacking ICE Agents, Saying Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"

It's time.


Frey does not share the values of his Republican constituents. Do they, then, have a justification for using violence against him?

The left never answers this question. Or rather, they avoid it by simply saying "that's different."

But it's not different. When they say "it's different" what they really mean is that they consider themselves to be the ruling class with rights the plebeians -- you and me -- simply do not have. They don't have to answer "do the plebeians have the same right as the patricians" because of course they don't.

But we do not agree that we are plebeians and they are patricians. We, in fact, are starting to doubt that they should even have rights at all. They're simply too stupid, too immoral, and too mentally ill to be full citizens.

Their whole claim relies on us accepting the idea that we are inferior untermenschen who may be attacked by our "superiors" when our "superiors" decide that we've become unruly.

And they're convincing me that we too should adopt the same position about our clear inferiors.

Below, a Minnesota state senator also justifies attacking federal agents.

This is Fort Sumter stuff.

Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners, who are telling them, correctly if inadvisedly, that they're "overreacting."

Suddenly men are to be the "protectors" and "leaders" -- but it's a strange kind of "leadership" they want from men.

They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.

And when they say they want their men to "protect" them, what they really mean is that they want men to literally go to war with the government and die as martyrs while these unfuckable fat-asses sit on their couches at home typing revolutionary rhetoric on Redit.


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Posted by: Ace at 04:34 PM




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1 Frey is owned.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)

2 1st

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (XMwZJ)

3 Always surrounded by Somalis - are they his handlers? It’s weird.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)

4 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (0N4FZ)

5 So, now we have state-endorsed vigilantism? Cool.

Posted by: windbag at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (Od1As)

6 He is going to run for governor.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (0N4FZ)

7 These people are seriously just a bunch of sheep agitating for the protection of wolves while also attacking the sheepdogs brought in to protect them. It's insane.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (e2+im)

8 Frey is corrupt and his policies hurt people.
He wants slaves and goods under his power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (u82oZ)

9 To Mayor Jacob "Gay Pride Boy" Frey.............

Blow Me Bitch !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tom Homan at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (speX7)

10 Paid protester lesbians are my neighbors?
Well, that sucks.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (UjdFS)

11 Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

That Trump and his administration will back down? That the American public will pick their side when push comes to shove?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (cYBz/)

12 Is all of Minnesota this stupid ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (VE6XX)

13 Goons

Like Anti-FA.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (u82oZ)

14 What a maroon!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (pscAN)

15 Funny how these No Kings people honestly believe they are kings of their own cities and states.
You don’t get invaded by the feds, you idiot.
They need to pull federal funding, Hawaiian judges be d@mned.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Hkcdp)

16 Open the whole can (industrial drum size) of Whup-Ass on these bastards!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (wVcYX)

17 FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."
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Also a crime, depending on how it's done.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Q4cxx)

18 Always surrounded by Somalis - are they his handlers? It’s weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)
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Almost certainly yes. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Frey is a puppet dancing to Somali strings.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (ESVrU)

19 this Nick Shirley is really an amateur 'investigator' . Documents and evidence is supposed to be destroyed following the investigation. this idiot is presenting the evidence to the public.

Posted by: The Jan6th Comittee at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (5LiC7)

20 Is all of Minnesota this stupid ?
Posted by: It's me donna

I don't have any insight into this at all but I'd imagine it's mostly the big cities.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (cYBz/)

21 I realize it's not germane to the subject; however, Frey looks like a total smarmy douche.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (aZm/F)

22 Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)
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I said that Somalis have a picture of him on a bad hair day.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (Q4cxx)

23 A hard to beat negotiating strategy is Tit 4 Tat.
Dems would be most unhappy if we used that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (u82oZ)

24 I think it's just - they think the country is D-Land. they don't think anyone who votes R is part of the USA.

Illegals and visa holders vote, and they vote D.

Ergo, they are "their neighbors" - they are their countrymen

we are NOT

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (emBoF)

25 Their "neighbors" were 3 Venezuelan illegals with deportation notices hitting an ICE agent with snow shovels... Nice neighbors...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (VE6XX)

26 Well, I guess that pretty much settles things.

I guess Frey has received a DOJ letter as well.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (GZYu7)

27 Saying Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"

Gonna be one of the top ten stupid things said today.
What a freaking idiot.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (2WIwB)

28 George Floyd 2

Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay

Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6)

29 I can't see rest of her(and I prefer not to click on the video) but the woman in green doesn't look very fat. Neither did the insane woman in an earlier thread with the purple and the face jewelry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (8Xy/A)

30 Their "neighbors" were 3 Venezuelan illegals with deportation notices hitting an ICE agent with snow shovels... Nice neighbors...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (VE6XX)
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Trendy Araguans.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (Q4cxx)

31 It's way past time.

Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (VyqMH)

32 Oh, I would not be surprised if he’s been actively facilitating the fraud, so he must now protect it at all costs. Maybe his handlers are there to make sure he’s not flipped.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (Hkcdp)

33 Frey is a maroon. But a useful maroon like Newsome is. They get angrily up on their self righteous high horses about facts that just aren't true!

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (gWBY1)

34 Now now now good people, let us put ourselves in Mayor Frey's shoes. He's simply trying to be a leader for all of Minneapolis and we should not be attacking him. It is not who we are.

Posted by: Senator Mitt Romney at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (fjo1b)

35 meant "purple hair"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (8Xy/A)

36 Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay
Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6)

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I wish I had said it. Now I'll be bitter all afternoon.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (aZm/F)

37 I noticed Karens have this fantasy of ICE breaking into their houses.

It isn't clear though if it is to deport them, arrest them, or...ravish them until their quivering femininity explodes.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

38 28 George Floyd 2

Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay


yep well said!

and, just like in entertainment, it's a bust. no one's buying. the gay chicks are just too unlikeable, even a junkie is more relatable

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (emBoF)

39 Mortimer Snerd has more wits than Mayor Jacob Frey.


And fewer hands up in him.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (wVcYX)

40 Letting your neighbors out of police vehicles may also be "standing up for your neighbor", but it's also 100% police obstruction, and they're going to book you.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (Q4cxx)

41 this will shock you guys but



...


Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF)

42 They should put him in jail and only feed him Somali food.


Posted by: Toad-0 at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (oab21)

43 Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay
Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6)


Excellent! But you know in the movie she'll be a POC.

Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (VyqMH)

44 Give him the Full Maduro.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (ZcsJV)

45 "I want you to know that your partner is looking to you to be the protector, provider, and leader."

How about no. Does that work for you? Good talk.

Or at least put some actual clothes on, take a shower, and fix my f*** ing dinner. If not, then why exactly do I owe you a thing?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t)

46 "Democracy" is being forced to adopt the policies of the party that lost the election.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (L/fGl)

47
Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF)

I believe that's what's called a lavender marriage.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (e2+im)

48 I noticed Karens have this fantasy of ICE breaking into their houses.

It isn't clear though if it is to deport them, arrest them, or...ravish them until their quivering femininity explodes.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

Quivering and unusually moistened.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (wVcYX)

49 Well, perhaps it's time, now that Justin Trudeau's younger special needs brother opened a can of FAFO.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (ewjUl)

50 >>Frey is a maroon. But a useful maroon like Newsome is. They get angrily up on their self righteous high horses about facts that just aren't true!


They were stamped out of the same Block of Tofu.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (ZcsJV)

51 Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners, who are telling them, correctly if inadvisedly, that they're "overreacting."

Suddenly men are to be the "protectors" and "leaders" -- but it's a strange kind of "leadership" they want from men.

They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.

That's just being the Christ-like servant-leader God calls them to be. Leading through obedience, service and submission. It's not complicated!

Posted by: Modern Churchianity at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/)

52 The repulsive nitwit in the last video claims that ICE will eventually come to my door, blah, blah, blah. These idiots cannot actually believe this shit, right? No, sugartits, ICE will NOT be coming to my door because I'm NOT an illegal immigrant that has committed a host of other violent crimes in addition to being in the country illegally. How these retards even remember to breath?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (XMwZJ)

53 Heh. Except in this context ace, they act like the Patricians while loudly screaming that they are plebians.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s)

54 Gal in green has Sanpaku eyes: unbalanced.
Bet she’s on medication: antidepressants or adhd.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (Hkcdp)

55 46 "Democracy" is being forced to adopt the policies of the party that lost the election.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (L/fGl)

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Another good one. Nailed it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (aZm/F)

56 During COVID I remember the left telling me, repeatedly, that if I disagreed with the authorities I had no right to actually not do what they said.

Odd how that isn't the standard here is it?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm)

57 this will shock you guys but



...


Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF)

Objection! Assertion not in evidence.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (wVcYX)

58 Apparently protestors are bringing their babies to these anti ICE protests. And then when they get in trouble, cry "I'm just a mom!" At the police.

The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.

We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1)

59 Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
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He knows nothing of their values. He knows of their *jobs* but that's it. He doesn't know what these people believe and neither do I. Maybe they're hardcore communists, but nationalistic ones who want the leftism for, by and of *us* not a bunch of illegal aliens. He has no clue.

What Fey Frey means is that Minnesota views enforcement of current federal policy within Minnesota as an "invasion." In other words, Fey Frey views Minnesota as non-US.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (GyQIQ)

60 The left then: Of course the feds had a right to shoot Lavoy Fincum in the back...he was resisting arrest!

The Left now: Attacking a federal agent to help a neighbor is the right thing to do.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

61

Couldn't we just tell all the Minnesota women to just calm down?

Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (FlRtG)

62 Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners, who are telling them, correctly if inadvisedly, that they're "overreacting."
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And to calm down and smile more.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (Q4cxx)

63 Now every day can be the Darkest Day in History (tm)

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (E0p3T)

64 Is there any way Trump can send a carrier group to Lake Superior?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (6D3Z6)

65 The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.

The Palis put missile launchers next to schools so they can claim that the Israelis are killing their kids.

Looks like the same idea here.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

66 They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.
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It's a pretty basic contradiction, though not uncommon.

"I want a man who leads me but me supports me in all things" is a pretty common position. Never mind that it's impossible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (GyQIQ)

67 Couldn't we just tell all the Minnesota women to just calm down?

Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (FlRtG)
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We need a Federal Bureau of Calming Bitches Down

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (Q4cxx)

68 Couldn't we just tell all the Minnesota women to just calm down?

The term of art is "calm your tits"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

69 Ice came for the illegals, and I did nothing, because I am not an illegal.
Then they came for the leftists, and I said "5 doors down, on the other side of the street."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (uWKK8)

70 LMAO leftists, keep it up. These ridiculous delusions of grandeur and prestige aren't going to end the way your stupid brain thinks they're going to end.

Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (5aZAZ)

71 >>Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners


LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV)

72 The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay.
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This is just a baffling political form of "why are there no chivalrous men anymore."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (GyQIQ)

73 Trump to Jake Frey:

"You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it."

Maybe.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (dGCAG)

74 The Left now: Attacking a federal agent to help a neighbor is the right thing to do.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)
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Hope the IRS is aware of this....

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (Q4cxx)

75 What's the story on Trudeau's younger brother and FAFO?

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (gWBY1)

76 Maybe my kids are write and Scandinavians are just bad people.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (2ap+5)

77 Chick in that last video has a droopy eyelid.

That can be indicative of:
1) Excessive drinking
2) Myasthenia Gravis
3) A brain tumor

Or, it could just be nothing. But it's worth gett8ng checked out.

Am I gonna tell her?

Nope.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (SRRAx)

78 "I want a man who leads me but me supports me in all things" is a pretty common position. Never mind that it's impossible.

This is related to the left's argument that everyone needs to come together and compromise by....giving them everything they want and not even complaining about...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

79 And MPLS police chief O'Hara used to be public safety director of the Newark NJ police. He allowed a new policy of having muslim female cop and staffers wear hijabs.
https://tinyurl.com/mdps6e2k
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He left Newark for MPLS. His wife is black and muslim and stayed in Newark where she is now a police lieutenant.

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (I7J98)

80 The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay.
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Rubber is meeting road....

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (Q4cxx)

81 Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (wtvvX)

82 She wants her husband to fight whatever ICE dude she decides to assault. She’s a girl boss right up until there are consequences for her screechy, unhinged activism.

Just a guess…

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (Hkcdp)

83 I think hitting the Mayor in the mouth with a shovel is justified. So is sticking a pitchfork up his ass.

Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (4rWc3)

84 >>They want men to "lead"


*In your Best Sean Connery voice*

"Josht remembarh that you ashked fahr it!"

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (ZcsJV)

85 The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.

We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1)
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It's actually worse than that.

I suspect some of these moms want the *child* to die. Then the mothers can become martyrs for the cause (and of course gather up a bunch of money on GoFundMe and other sites).

It's sick and twisted, worthy of the Palestinian approach to protesting by throwing your own *children* into the pyre.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (ESVrU)

86 And yes I have never known a single girl who is cheerful and happy that has wierd hair and piercings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (PYyV9)

87 Do you guys really want an AWFL making you sammiches? Didn't anyone see that Jodie Foster movie with the almond cookies?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (fjo1b)

88 > Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,

My CIA contacts tell me Frey's wife is actually a man.

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (Yp6az)

89 They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.


Posted by: Modern Churchianity at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/)
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Put more simply, they want their husbands to take point on the forced march through the jungle full of VC.

Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (5aZAZ)

90 Checking in on some leftist forums they are still arguing that Karen Deathwheels wasn't a threat to the ICE agent because "he wasn't even in front of her car" or "sure he was in front of her car but like her wheels were turned away"

Now not only do they use those two arguments interchangeably - which remember the second argument invalidates the first...but they are ignoring the fact you can seem the car hit him...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

91 Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (wVcYX)

I think Frey has been married twice. This wife is quite cute. Because he's a jerk and a leftist doesn't mean he's gay. Id be more likely to think Walz is gay.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (8Xy/A)

92 LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV)

Don't knock it til you've tried it!

Posted by: Dick Morris at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (E0p3T)

93 The Minnesota state bird is the loon. We Iowans have been mocking them for that for decades. (Ours is the Eastern Goldfinch, a beautiful and pretty-sounding bird.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Wt5PA)

94 We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose.

Yeah they have been preparing for a huge riot for a year, and thought they had it this time and cut loose. That's why the big "protests" with pre-printed signs all showed up at once the next day. But this isn't who they need to get it to bite.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (PYyV9)

95 It has very little to do with leadership and more to do with being the first to tangle with the Feds so that your Stronk Empowered Wife doesn't have to.

Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (5aZAZ)

96 These people are seriously just a bunch of sheep agitating for the protection of wolves while also attacking the sheepdogs brought in to protect them. It's insane.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (e2+im)

They aren't sheep.

Sheep might be stupid, but they don't hate the sheepdog. They are just easily led.

These people are evil. They WANT to be led by evil. They want their opponents DEAD, which is why they vote for the wolf. They are not the "loyal opposition. They are not our countrymen, they are an occupying force wherever they take power.

Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (zjgNU)

97 Minnesota needs to calm their tits right down. And Frey has a very punchable face - just like NewScum.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Q0yOR)

98 Yes, Teresa, something is off whet eyes.
My guess was drugs, the prescription kind to help with depression or adhd.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Hkcdp)

99 There is no doubt in my mind that the fivehead worrying about ICE breaking down her door is dreaming of Hot Dicken's Cider.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (2ap+5)

100 Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."



Check your oath of office. If you were not going to uphold your oath, then taking it was fraudulent.

Oh shit. Oops.

Oath of Office

"I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Minneapolis;

https://tinyurl.com/5n759djt

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (FzgDV)

101 Whatever the corruption and criminality of the government in MN we think we know about, it has to be ten times worse.

Because how Frey and Watz are behaving is insane.

Like two very stupid and violent criminals who have, up to now, been able to bully their way out of any jam.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (HXT0k)

102 FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."

--

Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (qBdHI)

103 Amala Ekpunobi: don't bring your babies to protests

https://m.youtube.com/
watch?v=zn_z1djuUbk

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (gWBY1)

104 What a bunch of shallow, easily manipulated fools. Video after video, you see people who just aren't thinking through the underlying issues. Don't want ICE to expel your "neighbors"? Well then, demand your government enforce immigration law and prevent illegals from moving in. Don't like immigration law as-is? Well then, agitate for Congress to change the law. But violently impeding law enforcement just gets you injured, arrested, or worse. Don't do it, especially to earn a few paltry Soros-bucks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (FSX1K)

105 Exactly why would any man want to protect an arrogant AWFL like that last woman? So you aren't a man if you don't agree with unlimited illegal immigration and attempting to kill ICE agents

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Oql3v)

106 The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.

We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1)
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They want martyrs. Their tactics are designed to get a physical response. The activists are trained to do it and take the bullet. They're canon fodder by design and they know it. They're out there to bring down consequences, from arrest to death.

Eventually, they'll find a martyr to rally behind for wider action. This woman wasn't that martyr, but the next one might be. Or the one after.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (GyQIQ)

107 And yes I have never known a single girl who is cheerful and happy that has wierd hair and piercings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (PYyV9)
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Yes. That holds true for my daughter.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Q4cxx)

108 > The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die.

I'm tanned, rested, and ready.

Posted by: Lon Horiuchi at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Yp6az)

109

67 Axeman

We need a Federal Bureau of CBD


Hmmmm ... you may be on to something.

Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (FlRtG)

110 >> can't see rest of her(and I prefer not to click on the video) but the woman in green doesn't look very fat. Neither did the insane woman in an earlier thread with the purple and the face jewelry.
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Perhaps not, but she looks as if she is missing an important chromosome.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (bNf8H)

111 Bobby Joe Champion

___________________

Is that a real name? It sounds like something from some trashy novel. The dude that walks around town with his surf board in the event that didn't get the memo that he was the cool one.

LMAO...look what the left leaning Gemini AI says about him after I asked if Bobby Joe Champion was an idiot.

"The statement that "Bobby Joe Champion is an idiot" is a subjective opinion, often found in commentary about the Minnesota state senator, particularly from his political opponents or critics."

So, I wasn't the first to think he's an idiot.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

112 They want martyrs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (GyQIQ)
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Soros needs martyrs.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (Q4cxx)

113 > Champion: "Actually, no."

So... those are the rules of engagement.

Duly noted.

Hint: you aren't going to like it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (IG3/x)

114 Jeez, I hope no one is married or otherwise attached to that unfortunate looking battle axe.

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (Iwv3U)

115 Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM

We would be thrilled. I'll chip in for the fence.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (ewjUl)

116 Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."


Remember when the feds sent 10s of thousands of Haitians to an Ohio town? And the local protested and demanded the Haitians stop eating their wildlife?

Funny, but THEN the FNM told me that was morally wrong...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm)

117 Frey just doesn't want anyone to discover how much money his wife was paid to help cover up Somali fraud.

He is just the latest in Demofascist scumbags.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (FSX1K)

118 >>Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners


LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV)

With dead batteries. Corroding, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (wVcYX)

119 Quivering and unusually moistened."

Ewww. That ain't starkist...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (XuXeR)

120 If this fuckhead is a "Champion", it must've been an off year for the Special Olympics.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (IG3/x)

121 Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera

Brilliant! We'll call it, "Escape From Duluth". Kurt? Where's Kurt? Anyone seen Kurt?

Posted by: John Carpenter at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (6D3Z6)

122 Ok, how about this. Alberta for Minnesota. Even swap.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (fjo1b)

123 Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T)

124 One of Chris Rock's 5 ways to keep your ass from being kicked by the police was Do Not Ride in the Car with a Mad Woman!
that Mad Woman WANTS to see you get your ass kicked, and she'll make it happen!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (uWKK8)

125 Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too.
Posted by: Lady in Black
......

A friend of mine from high schools Mom owned a house directly across the street from Edmund Emil Kemper.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (UjdFS)

126 Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners
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No one is setting them up for success in their resistance.

This too, is the Patriarchy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (Q4cxx)

127 "Maxicrapolis: Take off and nuke the site from orbit. it's the only way to be sure".

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (TezPK)

128 Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T)
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And outlawed churches while keeping liquor stores open.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (GyQIQ)

129 Because how Frey and Watz are behaving is insane.

Like two very stupid and violent criminals who have, up to now, been able to bully their way out of any jam.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (HXT0k)
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They're just exhibiting the typical behavior of very weak men.

Yelling, cursing, trying to act like Tommy Toughnuts when everyone that sees them knows they wouldn't bust a grape in a food fight.

Actual masculinity and male leadership is quiet, steady, and resolved. These "guys" aren't that.

Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (5aZAZ)

130 So, I wasn't the first to think he's an idiot.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM

Nope, he's good for comic relief, well in a pathetic funny way. If you saw his district where he's from. You'd understand immediately how he got selected.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (ewjUl)

131 88 > Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,
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Sarah Clarke is Frey's wife and the following are all known facts about her.

Wife of Minneapolis Mayor has direct ties to $9 billion Somali migrant fraud through the Feeding Our Future scheme

Sarah Clarke, the wife of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, worked at Hylden Advocacy & Law as a lobbyist and Director of Government Affairs (from around 2016 until January 2022).

The firm Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal representation and lobbying services to Feeding Our Future, the NGO who orchestrated the massive $250 million federal child nutrition fraud scandal - the largest fraud case in U.S. history.
Hylden Advocacy & Law was also listed as a paid lobbyist for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, founded by Osman Ali.
The museum received $4.5 million in state funding months after Ali pleaded guilty in a separate fraud case.
Clarke left Hylden Advocacy & Law in January 2022, at the same exact time that federal investigations were heating up—including FBI raids on Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock’s home, office, and related sites.

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (I7J98)

132 Exactly why would any man want to protect an arrogant AWFL like that last woman? So you aren't a man if you don't agree with unlimited illegal immigration and attempting to kill ICE agents/i]

One thing I'll note though - none of these street level activists care one way or the other about immigration.

They've got orders and they'll carry them out.

Remember 20 years ago they were all on board with sending Elian Gonzalez back and under the Junta they endorsed Biden sending back the German refugee family that tried to flee here

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

133 Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera

Brilliant! We'll call it, "Escape From Duluth". Kurt? Where's Kurt? Anyone seen Kurt?
Posted by: John Carpenter


We take Alberta and give canaduh Minnesota.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (FzgDV)

134 Has anything been uncovered re: Frey being all up in the fraud game? I've not read anything if so.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q0yOR)

135 Trump mentioned that he is thinking of invoking the Insurrection Act.

Logistics.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (qFwJc)

136 Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T)
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And wanted to see your papers.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx)

137 A friend of mine from high schools Mom owned a house directly across the street from Edmund Emil Kemper.
Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (UjdFS)
__________________________

I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske)

138 96


Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love. >


THIS.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (nz1sK)

139 ... BTW, if I run into an ICE employee, I'd probably buy the coffee .

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)

140 And wanted to see your papers.

AND shared your supposedly protected medical records with anyone and everyone that wanted them...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)

141 > 134 Has anything been uncovered re: Frey being all up in the fraud game? I've not read anything if so.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q0yOR)

His wife was a lawyer for some of these Somali fucksticks. That's a definite fact.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (IG3/x)

142 Hot topic huh? 135 comments in 23 minutes.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (qFwJc)

143 Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (I7J9

That's quite important. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (8Xy/A)

144 Walz and mayor mom jeans and their toadie Elison love this. They get to distract from their fraud, while being the face of the "resistance" Dem boot lickers.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (ewjUl)

145 Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."

I don't need to imagine.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

146 Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear.

So he claims that Minnesotans hold dear the love of child molesters, rapists, and murderers here illegally? The guy ICE showed up to grab when this happened is a child molester.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (PYyV9)

147 With dead batteries. Corroding, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (wVcYX)

Nonsense! An appliance that gets used that much, you never don't have plenty of spare batteries around.

Or so I've heard.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (dGCAG)

148 Ah, didn’t know about Frey’s wife being part of it.
That explains a lot.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (Hkcdp)

149 We don't need another hero martyr:

14 Nazi Party members were killed in the confrontation with police, including Andreas Bauriedl, whose blood-stained flag later became known as the Blutfahne (Blood Flag). [Beer Hall Putsch]

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

150 Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love. >


THIS.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (nz1sK)
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When you are in power, they ask for mercy, because that's according to our values. When they are in power, they show us no mercy, because that's according to their values.

First said about Muslims, but it applies here.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (Q4cxx)

151 I wish to see Minnesota Martyrs stacked like cord wood.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (wBaIH)

152 Has anyone tried just telling the Karens to calm down?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (2UnvF)

153 Frey's wife is a lawyer and her firm that does a lot of lobbying of the state. She's as dirty as he is.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m)

154 Blue hair and the blues: Dying your hair unnatural colours is associated with depression

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I was going to strike-out depression and insert "mental illness" -- then actually read the extract and it says "mental instability."

Furries hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (G0b3R)

155 Frey is supposedly worth about $5M. While he did work as a lawyer at one point he's been in politics for quite a while now.

It would be interesting to see what he is putting on his IRS forms

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

156 Hey, are the Somali fraudsters queer too? So they can visit other queers in the hospital? Because queers visiting queers in the hospital might be a thing with Somali fraudsters, Tim.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (YlWIZ)

157 Chick in that last video has a droopy eyelid.

That can be indicative of:
1) Excessive drinking
2) Myasthenia Gravis
3) A brain tumor

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
......

4) pinkeye
5) herpes
6) lupus

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (UjdFS)

158 A new book.

JESUS MELTS ICE: A Theological Response to the Martyrdom of Renee Nicole Good for the Undocumented Immigrant
by Jeff Hood

https://is.gd/gR1qNW

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (L/fGl)

159 Frey's wife is a lawyer and her firm that does a lot of lobbying of the state. She's as dirty as he is.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m)

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She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (G0b3R)

160 I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske)

DON'T google him. You don't want to know what else he was into.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (6xRrr)

161 The firm Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal representation and lobbying services to Feeding Our Future, the NGO who orchestrated the massive $250 million federal child nutrition fraud scandal - the largest fraud case in U.S. history.
Hylden Advocacy & Law was also listed as a paid lobbyist for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, founded by Osman Ali.
The museum received $4.5 million in state funding months after Ali pleaded guilty in a separate fraud case.
Clarke left Hylden Advocacy & Law in January 2022, at the same exact time that federal investigations were heating up—including FBI raids on Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock’s home, office, and related sites.
Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM

There's a Somali museum here? I think I saw it. Porta Potty off Lyndale perhaps. Maybe they have a wax figure of Ilhan Omar getting plowed by her brother.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (ewjUl)

162 Has anyone tried just telling the Karens to calm down?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (2UnvF)
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They were about to, but she would have to get out of the fucking car first.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (Q4cxx)

163 Frey has a punchable face

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (VE6XX)

164 Of all these treasonous fucks in MN, Frey is the most punchable

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (n52DV)

165 Apparently, I am racist for not wanting the feds to drop 10’s of thousands of TdA in my city, where they set about destroying our values with their violence and theft. Biden did this. It was so bad it was a national story.
But Frey pretends like we have no idea how awful an invasion might be, as if ICE were criminals, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (Hkcdp)

166 "Migrant" murders another pretty teen German girl, let off because he's "mentally ill". Not even going to be deported.

https://tinyurl.com/mjkzvjx2

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (IG3/x)

167 My $0.02 is that we've always had a percentage of idiots, but back then they stayed in the attic. Now, it's facetwat...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (XuXeR)

168 I learned how to spell martyr today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX)

169 JESUS MELTS ICE

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"BUT JESUS CANNOT MELT STEEL! REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (G0b3R)

170 Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."


So everybody in Minneapolis values open borders, massive fraud, murderers, rapists and child traffickers?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (8Xy/A)

171 163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR)

172 Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

That Trump and his administration will back down? That the American public will pick their side when push comes to shove?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (cYBz/)

Yes, and everything goes back to normal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

173 If Trump declared Minnesota a state under insurrection he need not respond with military force. Simply stop every single federal dollar from going to Minnesota. The entire fraud would collapse and every Somali getting federally backed money would have nothing. The state would starve quickly. The Republican areas would survive and I'm sure outside conservative groups would supply them

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Oql3v)

174 I learned how to spell martyr today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX)

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I had the hardest time spelling "myrrh" this past Christmas season.

I'm surprised I don't see it in more Sunday Crossword puzzles ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (G0b3R)

175 So everybody in Minneapolis values open borders, massive fraud, murderers, rapists and child traffickers?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM

Not all of them. I do know some good people that live there. But the majority, they don't care what these others do if they have the right skin tone and alleged victimhood status.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (ewjUl)

176 I think Frey wants to run for governor of MN.

I could be wrong, but he appears to be going way out on this limb to get some good PR before he runs for the open seat.

Dude is definitely trying to raise his profile.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

177 "BUT JESUS CANNOT MELT STEEL! REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (G0b3R)

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You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (2UnvF)

178 And outlawed churches while keeping liquor stores open.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (GyQIQ)

And wanted to see your papers.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx)

Ah yes

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (E0p3T)

179 171 163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR)

We have a surfeit of smarmy jackholes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s)

180 Migrant" murders another pretty teen German girl, let off because he's "mentally ill". Not even going to be deported."

Of course not. All of the west is guilty and must be brought down to the lowest level.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (XuXeR)

181 Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

That Trump will be impeached followed by Vance then Jeffries becomes President !

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (VE6XX)

182 Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

Trump is impeached.

Most Republicans in congress resign

They have a big street party with drugs and gay sex

They get a promotion at their NGO job and plenty of cheap immigrant servants...and maybe some underage ones to take care of other...needs.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)

183 "So what if it never happens?!"

This is an iteration of the "unequal division of emotional labor" whine.

And "emotional labor" is a completely voluntary and self-inflicted burden.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (enw9G)

184 Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (cS1cw)

185
Where to begin with all the stupidity and wrong-headedness in these lefty arguments?

Fox interviewer: (recites list of crimes being committed by protestors)
Frey: They're being peaceful and they're standing up for their neighbors.

It's useless. Just move in and do what needs to be done, they are the least sincere, most confused bunch of "leaders" in the nation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (x4Mz/)

186 Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (ewjUl)

Hi! Hope you're staying safe!

Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (Wt5PA)

187
https://tinyurl.com/ye26jbub


"BREAKING: German courts just decided the Iraqi migrant who pushed 16-year-old Liana to her death in front of a train in Freidland will serve no prison time after he was determined to be suffering from “ill mental health”.

Instead, he will spend time at a psychiatric facility at taxpayers' expense, and will not be deported."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (IG3/x)

188 She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded.
Posted by: ShainS


*fist bump

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (FzgDV)

189 If Trump declared Minnesota a state under insurrection he need not respond with military force. Simply stop every single federal dollar from going to Minnesota. The entire fraud would collapse and every Somali getting federally backed money would have nothing. The state would starve quickly. The Republican areas would survive and I'm sure outside conservative groups would supply them

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Oql3v)

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Then they'd raise billions from Islamunists across the nation and around the globe by starting a GoFundMN campaign.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (G0b3R)

190 171 163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR)

We have a surfeit of smarmy jackholes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s)

A plethora, even.

Posted by: El Guapo at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (wVcYX)

191 Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too.
Posted by: Lady in Black

One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families. When you arrest bank robbers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers etc. you are also separating families.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (L/fGl)

192 Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?"

They don't think that far.
Brownshirts never do.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (XuXeR)

193 I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment.
Posted by: Orson
......

and necrophilia. They eventually found buried body parts.
They called him the "Ogre of Aptos". But his house was actually in the Seacliff Beach area. At the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (UjdFS)

194 >>She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded.

She works or worked, a little unclear right now, for Hylden Advocacy and Law. One of their clients was Feeding Our Future. That's the Somali scam that was indicted for stealing $250 million that was intended to feed poor children.

All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)

195 I learned how to spell martyr today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026

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I had the hardest time spelling "myrrh" this past Christmas season.

I'm surprised I don't see it in more Sunday Crossword puzzles ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026


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"Y" is always trying to pass as a vowel. You might say it identifies as one.

It used to be "I," but then it had surgery.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)

196 Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T)
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And wanted to see your papers.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx)

And "peacefully protested" your church services, cheering the government agencies that sued any pastor that dared to exercise their freedom to practice their faith...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (nbLIj)

197
I think Frey wants to run for governor of MN.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

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I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (x4Mz/)

198 Values he holds dear must include lawlessness of every sort.

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (kJmLc)

199 250 million that was intended to feed poor children."

That's a lot of food.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:09 PM (XuXeR)

200
Meester Mayor looks like he's in hour 47 of a 72-hour bender.

The shower's thataway, dood.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 05:09 PM (y9nCu)

201 There's a Somali museum here? I think I saw it. Porta Potty off Lyndale perhaps. Maybe they have a wax figure of Ilhan Omar getting plowed by her brother.
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They had a fancy website which is now shut down and said they've moved to Chicago Ave - on the ground floor of the Midtown Exchange Building. Ilhan's bro only likes guys

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (I7J98)

202 You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (2UnvF)

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Heh. Only after he performs a live chicken sacrifice ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (G0b3R)

203 Remember last year when a streamer got arrested in the Philippines for being an ass in public? He spent nine months in prison and they're deporting him to Russia.

Check out the before and after pictures of the guy:
http://tiny.cc/1upx001

I don't think he liked the Philippines' prison system.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Yp6az)

204 > I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (x4Mz/)

I'd seriously enjoy watching Klobber physically beat his ass.

She seems like the type who'd be at home in a no-holds-barred bar fight scenario.

Frey seems like the type who'd screech, scratch and pull hair.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (IG3/x)

205 Renee Good and Horst Wessel were both patsies.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc)

206 "BREAKING: German courts just decided the Iraqi migrant who pushed 16-year-old Liana to her death in front of a train in Freidland will serve no prison time after he was determined to be suffering from “ill mental health”.

Instead, he will spend time at a psychiatric facility at taxpayers' expense, and will not be deported."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (IG3/x)
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The German courts also decided that it was a reasonable excuse for a Muslim who raped a boy in a public locker room putting him the hospital that he was "new to the country" and "unaccustomed to their rules", and hadn't had sex in a long time.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Q4cxx)

207 I'm in the camp that the Insurrection Act application is long overdue. Not only because of the behavior and "leadership" in the state of Minnesota, but because the administration very much needs to set the tone. Otherwise, the same behavior times 100 will be gracing ICE in other problem states, having been emboldened by what Minnesota continues to get away with.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (dIske)

208 Chalk another one up for starting the Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

209 They don't think that far.
Brownshirts never do.
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (XuXeR)

They're part of the globalist 4th Reich and "limited war" is one of the vital means of controlling the West's population. Drugs is another so their snouts are already out of joint over that.

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (kJmLc)

210 TikTok girl looks mildly retarded and that one higher arched eyebrow is disturbing while she lectures me on how much we need save illegals from the horror of being returned back home.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

211 Walz is calling on Trump "to lower the temperature" on the unrest.

Fine.

Walz, you and your junkyard dogs Frey and Ellison need to stand the fuck down. Your "citizen army" of paid protesters need to go home. Get a grip on the local unrest and enforce a curfew. Do that. For the remainder of the month and let ICE do it's job.

No?

Well, fuck you... war.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (U2OZr)

212 Renee Good and Horst Wessel were both patsies.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc)
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I know the feeling.

Posted by: Zombie Stehen Paddock at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (Q4cxx)

213 Suicidal empathy indeed, Europe wants to die...so let it

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (kJmLc)

214 Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)

Especially his squeakhole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (8zz6B)

215 Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????

These people are children, the logic of toddlers.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (Hkcdp)

216 One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families. When you arrest bank robbers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers etc. you are also separating families.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer
......

That is so sad. Must be hard at Thanksgiving.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (UjdFS)

217 190 A cornucopia even

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (Q0yOR)

218 215 Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????

These people are children, the logic of toddlers.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (Hkcdp)

I noticed that... Wonder why he sort of changed his tune ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (VE6XX)

219 Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (cS1cw)
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Coming soon: The Land o Lake Two-spirit!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (Q4cxx)

220 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS)

221 I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate."

Call up the Mandela sign language guy...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (XuXeR)

222 PP got tens of millions back from HHS.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (ZB0nS)

223 Does anyone really believe that neither Walz nor Frey knew there was billions of dollars of fraud going on in Minnesota for years when their own DHS has said they tried for years to tell both of them of the rampant fraud going on in Minnesota and all the whistleblowers got for their bravery was threats, firings and other intimidation?

They knew. They were in on it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m)

224 Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"
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SHOOT ⊙ THEM

or send them to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Texas.

Why on God's green earth are they allowed to get away with this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (4BNa1)

225 220 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS)

I guess aborting your unborn baby is a form of Family "planning".. Or lack thereof

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (VE6XX)

226 That is so sad. Must be hard at Thanksgiving."

Si.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (XuXeR)

227 > 216 One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families.

We still haven't gotten over the separation of our family.

Posted by: The Ghost of Charles Manson at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (IG3/x)

228 250 million that was intended to feed poor children."

The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month

So even at the high end this is enough food to feed about 50,000 people for a year.

The amount of fraud here is insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

229 "Want men to lead -- which means supporting their mentally ill wives."

The late ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 might have had the conscience of a cat . . . but I don't think she'd have fallen for this stuff. She was born in 1963, long before the current insanity took hold, and was a fan of Robert A. Heinlein and his philosophies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

230 All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)

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Absolutely.

They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.

I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (G0b3R)

231 Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH)

232 Does this not open up opportunities to defend ICE?

Sporty.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (cS1cw)

233 They knew. They were in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m)
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I wouldn't be surprised to see that this was Dem-engineered, knowing that a good part could be paid back in donations to the party.

If that's the case, are Somalians going to vote Republican? Or the people who support them?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Q4cxx)

234 or Texas."

No. Texas is closed. Beaver out front should've told ya...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (XuXeR)

235
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

Posted by: It's me donna

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I bet they know perfectly well it will end in ICE's favor, but they want to obstruct it and raise as much hell as possible to enhance their political/media/NGO futures.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (x4Mz/)

236 Well reading Walz might pack it up next week so Minnesota will need another Marxist to take over the fraud handouts

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)

237 221 I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate.

Combs at ten paces. Winner gets the Seafood salad.

Posted by: 2026 Minnesota Gubenatorial Debate Committee at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (fjo1b)

238 219 Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.
Posted by: connected and litigious
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Two queers fucking in an ice fishing tent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (4BNa1)

239 231 Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH)

I thought Bondi said she fired them ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (VE6XX)

240 >>Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?

According to Bondi they didn't resign. She fired them.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (viF8m)

241 Insurrection? LOL Send in the boys from Ft. Hood, Ft. Jackson, and Ft. Bragg.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (qFwJc)

242 "The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay."

And, according to the video, she'll remember you weren't there for her in her moment of perceived crisis.

Boy will she remember. She'll remember like an autistic elephant. She'll remember so hard she'll have it etched on her tombstone. And his if she's still around.

Guys know this already. The sane ones will still tell you to stop with the hysteria. The rest, who don't, are soy, fembot adjacent.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (gLikB)

243 I guess aborting your unborn baby is a form of Family "planning".. Or lack thereof
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (VE6XX)
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The irony is that PP is used most by people because they DIDN'T plan. And least by people who did.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (Q4cxx)

244 Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (ewjUl)

Hi! Hope you're staying safe!
Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM

Yep, I am all good, thanks. I live far enough away from the Twin Shitties. I live in MAGA country (our county went like 75% PDT) (No Jussie Smollet) Like the other Rons and Ette's in states with blue hell hole capitol's we get bunched in with the Citiots. I just said to my wife that I highly doubt I will EVEER step foot in Saint Pothole or Minniehopeless again. And I feel no sadness about it. I liked going to Wild games, and the occasional Vikings game but other than hockey I've given up on sports. There's nothing there of interest to me. Up north where I live, we would be happy to have them secede from the state.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (ewjUl)

245 Send in Treadstone assets. MN will be fixed in a jiffy.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (cS1cw)

246 Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????

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One word: Plastics Waterhoses.

Imagine that in sub-freezing temperatures ... it moved.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (G0b3R)

247 They knew. They were in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw


Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (mlg/3)

248 This is nuts. Tina Peters was charged with a misdemeanor. The jury convicted her of a misdemeanor. The judge screwed up the jury instruction, using language that's relevant for the felony version of the charge. Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.

http://tiny.cc/iupx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az)

249 >>I wouldn't be surprised to see that this was Dem-engineered, knowing that a good part could be paid back in donations to the party.


I'm sure that was part of it. I'm equally sure they were getting a cut personally as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m)

250 "And when they say they want their men to "protect" them, what they really mean is that they want men to literally go to war with the government and die as martyrs while these unfuckable fat-asses sit on their couches at home typing revolutionary rhetoric on Redit"

AWFUL women are stronk and independent and can do anything a man can do at least 2x better...until it comes to doing the hard revolutionary stuff.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (9Ovst)

251 Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH)

I thought Bondi said she fired them ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (VE6XX)
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They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (Q4cxx)

252 240 >>Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?

According to Bondi they didn't resign. She fired them.
Posted by: JackStraw
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The long story is none of them wanted to do their jobs anymore so they demanded terminal vacay leave before retiring. Bondi said tough shit and fired them for not doing their jobs.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6)

253 The Blade will offer some protection for these mentally-ill harridan twats. He’ll protect his dick from them. Never stick your dick in crazy … unless she’s hot enough to be worth the risk. These ladies ain’t even close.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9)

254 They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them.
Posted by: Axeman

I read where they had already put in requests to retire before the shooting but wanted to ride out their vacay time before quitting.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (WDjG6)

255 220 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS)


I am disappointed about this, but I assume Trump would only do this if he were maneuvering for something better. We'll see.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FMtrg)

256 This is nuts. Tina Peters was charged with a misdemeanor. The jury convicted her of a misdemeanor. The judge screwed up the jury instruction, using language that's relevant for the felony version of the charge. Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.

http://tiny.cc/iupx001
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az)
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Dems are always innovating on the law.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (Q4cxx)

257 Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.

Remember when the left claimed the 00 election was stolen all the elected officials involved worked together to give them direct access to voting data to prove that it was not.

And in the 20 election the Democrat arrested, cancelled, and imprisoned anyone that wanted to look at the actual voting data

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm)

258 Ugh, she’s made another video complaining about men, just served up on my X feed. Naggy, nag naaaagggggggg!

@Meme’nOnLibs

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (Hkcdp)

259 One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating familie



Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV)

260 I hate the humidity in Florida, but it seems like the only state where the leaders have any modicum of sense. Moving there gets more tempting every year.

Of course, this is also the state that almost voted in Andrew Gillum. The man caught naked with an escort and drugs. It feels like every state, even the well run ones, even Florida, are one generation away from liberal lunacy and lawssness.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 05:23 PM (gWBY1)

261 252 Well, that's one way to do it I guess...

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:23 PM (Q0yOR)

262 I think some of those MN prosecutors were already lined up to resign before the Good Assault on the ICE agent. The full story and spin are ripe for mis-intentional representation.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (gLikB)

263 235
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?

Posted by: It's me donna

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I bet they know perfectly well it will end in ICE's favor, but they want to obstruct it and raise as much hell as possible to enhance their political/media/NGO futures.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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The actual facts, true video representation, there is no comprehension of words at the mushy middle, has to get into that massive 40% of inattentive voting population brain stem or that crap will continue.

Right now these festering problems are, 'over there'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (4BNa1)

264 Well reading Walz might pack it up next week so Minnesota will need another Marxist to take over the fraud handouts

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)

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When I read "Walz might pack it up" -- I immediately visualized him butt-f*cking Frey.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (G0b3R)

265 I had an email message from Fox news..."President is prepared to send troops......" It cut off there. I thought to myself "thank God", until I opened it and saw the rest..."...to Iran".


WTF? DO SOMETHING ABOUT MINNESTOTA!

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (FW+49)

266 This is hilarious. Neither Frey nor Walz learned anything from the past few weeks.

All Trump has to do is invoke the Insurrection Act and 1 minute later Frey and Walz are bagged and brought in to trial. And the rest of Minneapolis is under martial law.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (qFwJc)

267 Frey needs a therapy goat
x.com/GrageDustin/status/2011913714681745425

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (gKWVE)

268
Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

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I bet he did, but he's too Minnesota Nice (=Minnesota Coward) to act.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (x4Mz/)

269 Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good. Bondi claimed the prosecutors refused to support ICE and wanted to use their annual leave through April, calling it a taxpayer-funded "vacation."

During an appearance on Hannity, Bondi said: “I fired them all. They’re fired from the office.” She accused the prosecutors of not wanting to support law enforcement and criticized one for doing a photo shoot with The New York Times while ICE agents were “risking their lives.”

The affected prosecutors include Joseph Thompson, Harry Jacobs, Melinda Williams, Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, Ruth Schneider, and Tom Hollenhurst. A DOJ spokesperson previously said their resignations were unrelated to the shooting and tied to early retirement plans, but Bondi insisted their actions were a political refusal to cooperate with ICE investigations."

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (WDjG6)

270 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az)
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I remember Dems screaming about "due process" as if it meant something to them.

It does when used about border-jumpers, but it doesn't mean the same thing when applied to enemies of The Party.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (Q4cxx)

271 Tump is making a mess of this. Either shit or get off the pot.

Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (cpys8)

272 Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV)
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Shhh. They're on a roll.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:27 PM (Q4cxx)

273 And remember, if your wife says some crazy, stupid shit that if put into practice would get you and her killed, contradicting or correcting her in any way is abusive and controlling.

Posted by: These new rules suck at January 15, 2026 05:27 PM (TbWk/)

274
This is Fort Sumter stuff.

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If for no other reason than that their positions as stated are incomprehensible. There's no instructing them or informing them what the consequences of continuing on their current course will be. All you can do is assess their actions and respond accordingly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (x4Mz/)

275 So...Chevy is recalling 80,000 vehicles due to faulty pedestrian warning systems. Well...Hell!!! I wonder if poor what's her face was driving a Chevy???

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (2WIwB)

276 Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV)

Then take away your driver's license and put you in jail so you can't earn any money to pay the child support.

Posted by: Talk about catch 22s at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (TbWk/)

277 Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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He was informed of such by constituents months ago but he instead implying they were racist.

"We did not ask for those Somalis. Nobody asked us if we, in St. Cloud, want those Somalis. And we understand that social groups, like the Lutheran social service and the Catholic charities, they’re dumping them in areas like St. Cloud,” the man could be heard stating.

“OK, and so the question is, how many more are coming? We didn’t ask for these people. Everybody that you read about is talking about this. So that is a main issue in this city,” the man added. “There is no control. The people have no control over any immigration. The mayor doesn’t. I don’t know.”

"In the recorded town hall (2016), Emmer pushes back on the man, with Chace describing the lawmaker as firing “a warning shot at the implicit racism” directed at Somalis. Emmer argues that Somalis are one of “the fastest-assimilating populations,” prompting audible groans of disapproval.

“Oh, you gotta be kidding me,” one man could be heard stating." Source Daily Caller story 12/29/25

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (WDjG6)

278 Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (cpys

You can write to him at whitehouse.gov. He probably isn't reading comment # 271 at ASHQ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (Nx5jP)

279 It's not analysis; it's a -
Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (ujaKg)


Is this AI?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (gKWVE)

280 The problem that if Timpon leaves, the Lt. Governor is a batshit crazy nutter who wore a Hijab when she was touring one of the Semelly areas. She also is a feirce tranny proponent. She's fucking crazier than Timpon. And that is saying something!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (ewjUl)

281 Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (WDjG6)
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The underlined could cover the part I'm talking about. But yeah, Bondi said she fired them because they wanted to take vacation--but it's protest that the ICE guy might not be fried.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (Q4cxx)

282 211 Walz is calling on Trump "to lower the temperature" on the unrest.

Fine.

Walz, you and your junkyard dogs Frey and Ellison need to stand the fuck down. Your "citizen army" of paid protesters need to go home. Get a grip on the local unrest and enforce a curfew. Do that. For the remainder of the month and let ICE do it's job.

No?

Well, fuck you... war.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (U2OZr)

Ain't nobody going to be calling 911 for these libtards. 811 maybe (dig safe), but not 911.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (N39Ws)

283 FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."

AND they will be arrested for their multiple criminal acts, among them "fighting ice agents, stopping them from enforcing the law".

Frey recognizes they are a criminal mafia ... BUT, he apologizes on their behalf.

All those that participated in the multiple frauds must be either arrested and convicted, or at least deported "back home to the mothership", Somalia. But get them on tape first, admitting their crimes and their allegiance to the homeland, and their hate for America.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (vbXSk)

284 262 I think some of those MN prosecutors were already lined up to resign before the Good Assault on the ICE agent. The full story and spin are ripe for mis-intentional representation.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
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I followed the Good shooting closely. Representation was, not even the NY Post, never clear or complete.
It wasn't until conversation here, yesterday, and more searching that I was able to piece together the evolution and the reality of events as they happened. (there's one original clip that I can't find)

It's going to be one messed up trial.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (4BNa1)

285 these unfuckable fat-asses

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Bremerloes and Grotonpotomi at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (0sNs1)

286 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS)

I am disappointed about this, but I assume Trump would only do this if he were maneuvering for something better. We'll see.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FMtrg)

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According to pro-life advocates and former officials, HHS was "virtually certain to lose" the case because the Judge was a Lefty Loon -- which could have forced the administration to repay the funds plus interest and attorneys’ fees.

Why not just appeal the loss all the way to the SCOTUS?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (G0b3R)

287
Tump is making a mess of this. Either shit or get off the pot.
Posted by: resist_we_much

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They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (x4Mz/)

288 Actually reading about the Decembrests in Russia in 1826 many wives actually went with their husbands to the prison camps in Siberia, sometimes with children but not often

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

289 Frey, Walz, and Ellison are talking to Reddit people.

Trump is talking to the rest of us.

They are clearly using this as diversion, but they forget the new rules: it ain't 2020

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (XLfSN)

290 This is Fort Sumter stuff.

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The call is coming from inside the house!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

291 Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM

Hi Mike,
Slither back to wherever you came from. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. And GFY on the way home.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (ewjUl)

292 I appreciate the women who dye their hair unnatural colours (little English lingo there). Makes them easier to identify. And avoid.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (MZ+PY)

293 I won’t be standin’ still for no shovel beatin.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (o2ZRX)

294 The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)
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Unless you also have 5 cats...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (ESVrU)

295 Isn't it racist to assume that people who are brown or blacked skinned from other countries have no moral authority, and therefore should be excused for all their criminal acts?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (Nx5jP)

296 280 It's not analysis; it's a -
Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (ujaKg)

Is this AI?
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (gKWVE)

Raimondo's more articulate, but not smarter, brother.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (uWKK8)

297 All those that participated in the multiple frauds must be either arrested and convicted, or at least deported "back home to the mothership", Somalia. But get them on tape first, admitting their crimes and their allegiance to the homeland, and their hate for America.
Posted by: illiniwek
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It's more important to get them out of here FOREVER than to convict them. Give them a fucking exit medal that they can hock when they get home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (4BNa1)

298 You can write to him at whitehouse.gov. He probably isn't reading comment # 271 at AoSHQ.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM


But all of the rest of us are! I've been informed it's the current thing!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)

299 The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)
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Unless you also have 5 cats...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (ESVrU)
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Which will save you money on funeral arrangements....

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:33 PM (Q4cxx)

300 Weaponized empathy works on them; they think it'll work on you.

And if that's not working, they'll kill some woman and try to weaponize chivalry, because they are depraved enough to think it'll coerce you to cede your freedom and rights to them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:33 PM (HXT0k)

301 They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (x4Mz/)

Doesn't matter. This is political theatre to cut him off at the knees come midterms. When they get back in power, they'll flood the country with the 3rd world and have us all in cattle cars. He needs to stop fucking around and either do what he said, or do nothing at all. Right now, he's just pissing everyone off.

Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (cpys8)

302 I am single and it runs about $250-$300 for food, and I am always looking for sales and another $200 in miscellaneous (toilet cleaner, paper products, etc. etc. etc.)

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (qFwJc)

303 I followed the Good shooting closely. Representation was, not even the NY Post, never clear or complete.
It wasn't until conversation here, yesterday, and more searching that I was able to piece together the evolution and the reality of events as they happened. (there's one original clip that I can't find)

It's going to be one messed up trial.

Posted by: Braenyard

Not going to be a trial. Pretty much for an on duty ICE officer, in the line of duty, state courts have no say in charging them. Supremacy clause (see the Len Horiuchi case (Randy Weaver's wife and kid shooting in Idaho). The only people that could charge the ICE officer are teh DoJ itself and they are not.

You might get a civil rights case but again, only in federal court, not state and qualified immunity is a really hard thing to breach in civil suits for plaintiffs even if you win at district court level with a deranged judge and jury.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (WDjG6)

304 This is Fort Sumter stuff.

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The call is coming from inside the house!!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)
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What are you wearing?

Posted by: Jacob Frey-like Voice at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (Q4cxx)

305 They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them.
Posted by: Axeman

That's just the media spin. 4 of the lead PAs in Minnesota were directly involved in prosecuting a LEO in the Breonna Taylor case. There was gross misconduct on their part. They were about to be fired. Renee Good is just a deflection.

tiny.cc/2vpx001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (vzcgi)

306 Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM


You wouldn't believe our monthly sardine bill.

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

307 Many years ago we had a group of young people that were routinely vandalizing a park across the street. I decided I was the park watch commander.

One evening they were at it and my husband and I decided to overwatch... they took exception to our presence and I got lippy, a "Karen" if you will and started screaming at them to get out. A very large male got in my face and called me a cunt. I slugged him in the mouth. He started screaming assault! Yer going to jail!

Police were called by neighbors who overheard the argument. I told them what happened and they ruled my reaction as reasonable given the cunt word invoked, and let us go.

Once home, my husband launched on me for putting not only me, but him in severe danger. The guy was 20 years younger, 5" taller and had him by 100lbs, and he said he would be compelled to defend me if it escalated further, and he was sure to be injured if that happened. Never seen him so mad.

That was the first time I truly understood the reality and true danger of inciting physical engagement.

Ladies, do not write a check with your mouth that your body or your spouse, can't cash. Shut up.

Posted by: Derak at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (ce3ev)

308 and, just like in entertainment, it's a bust. no one's buying. the gay chicks are just too unlikeable, even a junkie is more relatable
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (emBoF)


That's a good point. Yes, even George Floyd, the neighborhood bully/junkie/dealer/crook/goon, was more sympathetic than the Kathleen Kennedy version.

He had a nice smile in that one photo! Easy and relaxed, with neither over-wide sanpaku (three-whites) crazy eyes, nor the small hard eyes of bitter strumpets with an ocean of free-floating resentment looking for a target to land on. I would in fact rather deal with a great big thug than a man-hating SJW, since I would favor my odds to talk my way around or just outrun him.

Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (Sy6m/)

309 They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia



More like the Attorney General for Minnesota has explained to those two that if they keep this shit up, they'll have military on the streets real military.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:36 PM (FzgDV)

310 281 Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good.

Posted by: whig
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Good for her. It wouldn't be difficult for her to fire six every day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (4BNa1)

311 A prosecutor who tries Frey for treason and tries to convince me as a juror that Frey should be executed would have my vote.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (/lPRQ)

312 Lumping Tucker with Fuentes/Owens as antisemite-adjacent? Dishonest as hell.

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Ace has posted numerous videos of Cucker obsessing about and blaming Joooos for all manner of ills around the world (hell, I attended the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service and Tucker even "went there" there).

You're right: Cucker's not antisemite-adjacent; he's antisemite-central.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (G0b3R)

313 Either way the MN prosecutors are out of their no-show jobs.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (wBaIH)

314 Late to the party, but -

OK. Pull CBP from MN. See how long Mr. Frey likes having an international airport that cannot receive international flights not cleared by CBP elsewhere.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (0GYGE)

315 NOOD dark money funding of domestic terrorism

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (G0b3R)

316 Posted by: MikeN

Ace touched him in the Tucker feelz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)

317 The underlined could cover the part I'm talking about. But yeah, Bondi said she fired them because they wanted to take vacation--but it's protest that the ICE guy might not be fried.
Posted by: Axeman
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The rest of the quote- I posted above had quotes from a previous story from DoJ sources indicating they were already planning on retiring before the shooting.

So it could be a bit of Bondi bravado or the earlier sources for whatever reason did not want to
mention the real reasons because politics.

Bondi doesn't have the greatest credibility when she goes to the media but then again, neither do anonymous sources at the DoJ.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (WDjG6)

318 I think weeks ago leakers in ICE told the Dems when the current large-scale Minnesota ICE op is scheduled to wind-down. I hear the next large scale targeted ICE op is planned soon, in NYC. The NYC op may not begin on schedule if substantial ICE manpower remains in Minneapolis.

Walz, Fry, and Antifa are working to keep the chaos going and increasing to the end of the current Minneapolis ICE op. Then they'll claim victory over Trump and ICE. Scoring points for future political runs. (Walz is delusional enough to think he has a future as a big-time Democrat politician.)

No one on the command level of left has anything to gain by reducing the chaos.

Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (5rh/l)

319 Posted by: Derak at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (ce3ev)
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EXTELMINATE!

Posted by: Chinese Dalek at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (Q4cxx)

320 So...Chevy is recalling 80,000 vehicles due to faulty pedestrian warning systems. Well...Hell!!! I wonder if poor what's her face was driving a Chevy???
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (2WIwB)

The horn works on my suburban. I tested it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (8zz6B)

321 It's going to be one messed up trial.

Posted by: Braenyard

Not going to be a trial. Pretty much for an on duty ICE officer, in the line of duty, state courts have no say in charging them. Supremacy clause (see the Len Horiuchi case (Randy Weaver's wife and kid shooting in Idaho). The only people that could charge the ICE officer are teh DoJ itself and they are not.

You might get a civil rights case but again, only in federal court, not state and qualified immunity is a really hard thing to breach in civil suits for plaintiffs even if you win at district court level with a deranged judge and jury.
Posted by: whig
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Good. She would have killed that cop.
Assault with a deadly weapon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (4BNa1)

322 " when they say they want their men to "protect" them, what they really mean is that they want men to literally go to war with the government and die as martyrs while these unfuckable fat-asses sit on their couches at home typing revolutionary rhetoric on Redit."

The antebellum women were some of the most virulent proponents about going to war with the US government. Add this to democrat-run States nullifying the Federal government's role in the country, Tim Waltz calling for insurrection in so many words, the courts excessively siding and protecting the principles of the new Confederacy, The Democrats devaluing US citizenship in favor of an illegal alien population, and so on, It takes us to a place that increasingly looks like 1860. I do have to say I never considered that Minnesota would become Bleeding Minnesota.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (HTCU3)

323 lesbians are my neighbors?

~29 years ago I got hosed by the downstairs neighbor lesbians...

They moved out and left the garden hose.

Posted by: DaveA at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (FhXTo)

324 Ace has posted numerous videos of Cucker obsessing about and blaming Joooos for all manner of ills around the world (hell, I attended the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service and Tucker even "went there" there).

You're right: Cucker's not antisemite-adjacent; he's antisemite-central.
Posted by: ShainS

People adopt media personalities like they are friendz and shit. Those media personalities, in turn, would laugh and not even piss on such a viewer if they were on fire. The personality would be busy filming and practicing a 'sad' and 'concerned' face.

Media panels are just like pro wrestling and fake fight with each other for the same reason. Just like they play around with each other and laugh about the fools watching them and go to the bar together and get a drink.

Same with many of the slugs and staffers on Capitol Hill. The show is for the audience, not reality.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (WDjG6)

325 Watching that Peters argument was amazing. I've done some appellate work and there is no way the courts action will be affirmed. The judge who screwed up and then went political on Peters should be removed from the bench.
The only the the States's attorney was correct on was "I don't think I'm going to convince you"

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (Oql3v)

326 Good. She would have killed that cop.
Assault with a deadly weapon.

Posted by: Braenyard

The Rehnquist court created qualified immunity for just that sort of situation--split second decisions of law enforcement.

Then the rest of the judiciary decided it covered some fatass bureaucrat with plenty of warning they were acting unlawfully in doing unconstitutional shit to citizens whether DEI or some other noxious quest.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (WDjG6)

327 And remember, if your wife says some crazy, stupid shit that if put into practice would get you and her killed, contradicting or correcting her in any way is abusive and controlling.
Don't forget to include flat-ass broke in that list...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (XMwZJ)

328 Jacob Frey always looks like he just finished a rough all-nighter as the bathhouse bottom

Posted by: Does this dress make me look fag at January 15, 2026 10:01 PM (fKeBm)

329 why do americans allow tyrants like ICE agents to continue breathing?!

Posted by: Antifa at January 17, 2026 02:20 AM (drsbM)

Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In Ratings

Emily Juniper 🇺🇸🇦🇺 𝕩
@emilyjuniper_

Jan 13

🚨Paramount's Landman just put the pronoun debate in a chokehold. Ainsley Norris nails it: "Using a plural pronoun for one person is just kind of incorrect."

TCU Counselor: "Says who?"

Ainsley Norris: "Well, the English language."

The world is healing

I know someone who's watching it. She told me that liberal women are attacking the show for failing to write liberal women accurately. (Landman's wife is an AWFL.) She said no, the show does write liberal women completely accurately -- you just don't like seeing yourselves represented honestly.

The show apparently doesn't have much use for liberal women:

Meanwhile, the new Fake Star Trek show is, by all reports, the worst, wokest, and gayest ever.

Chris Gore reported that sources inside Paramount told him that the show's ratings are in the "thousands." Thousands. Not millions, thousands.

This article, about its viewership on YouTube, suggests that Gore's source is right.


The early performance of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is shaping up to be a serious warning sign for Paramount+, with the show's free YouTube premiere delivering alarmingly weak engagement numbers that undercut the platform's entire conversion strategy and marked the show as a flop from the get-go.

The Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiere flop is already difficult to ignore. Paramount made the unusual decision to launch the series premiere for free on YouTube--typically a move designed to entice casual viewers and convert them into paid subscribers. But if the goal was to build momentum, the results so far suggest the opposite happened.

The premiere episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy debuted on YouTube with a live premiere that peaked at roughly 1,300 concurrent viewers.

In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio.

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1 BLADE IS FIRST TO DROP THE NUKE

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

2 I've seen clips. It looks interesting. (Landman, not Gay 90210 in space.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zjgNU)

3 In other celery news, a Wet Bandit (Dan Stern) got caught soliciting prostitutes -
youtu.be/VKnEs9VfK20
Ho, ho, ho!

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (gKWVE)

4 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.

Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT)

5 This is the first I even heard of a new Star Trek show.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (h/O4U)

6 And Whoreywood still wonders why everything they make is crap.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (qFwJc)

7 "full of joy"

Kind of wore out the Joy schtick already.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (DgMqy)

8 Star Trek Academy apparently maxed out at 1300 viewers during the premier.

Nerdrotic just had a live stream consisting of a Spock figure sitting on his chair and got 3000 viewers before he started reading superchats.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (vSvIl)

9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHKDgWfgfA

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (jrgJz)

10 The first season of Picard was basically women in command going all butch and screaming at all the men. Unwatchable.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (IifOV)

11 If Paramount can get show runners for Star Trek who don’t hate it and aren’t embarrassed by it, then it might have a chance to be relevant again. With the current show runners, not a chance.

Posted by: Open Channel D at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (gYnrv)

12 I never cared for Star Trek in any iteration. Yeah, there are elements that I like - the Borg in TNG is one of the most compelling antagonists ever - but as a whole, no. Kurtzman is a hack intent on destroying Star Trek because he is an uncreative propagandist. All Trekkies have my sympathies for this one and much else this side of 2005 besides.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (0GYGE)

13
Recently saw on Youtube someone morphing the Sopranos and Star Trek the Next Generation, calling it Sopranos: The Next Generation. It's hilarious. Better to watch than the new Cadet show.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (IifOV)

14 Even if it reflected the retrograde values of say, the 1990s, a show about Starfleet Academy would be insufferably dumb. No one wants to see 90210 but with tachyons.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (TdYBy)

15 Landman has been entertaining. Not cerebral by any stretch, but also not ghey and stupid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (U2OZr)

16 I'm so old that I remember hating Capt. Janeway.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (qFwJc)

17 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT)

Yes. She made bad choices.

I'm willing to grant her some grace and accept that she thought she'd scare the agent by gunning it towards him, without out meaning to hit him.

But that's a stupid choice and directly responsible for her death. At to the "chaos" her (and those like her) previous stupid choices are what is driving the chaos in our world, NOT enforcing the laws that Democrats don't like.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (zjgNU)

18 Saw a post on X where Redlettermedia's new DS9 Season 1 review got more views than Starfleet Academy so far.

Posted by: Geoff Shotts at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (13ivK)

19 Ainsley Norris nails it: "Using a plural pronoun for one person is just kind of incorrect."


They misspelled retarded.

Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (GUOwU)

20 4 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT)

And for all that, she could not understand that the law says that when you enter the United States, you must show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE. You do this very basic, simple task, you will never see ICE.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (0GYGE)

21 I watched the first season of Landman and was impressed. I haven't got to season 2 yet, but now that it is almost done, I'll be getting to it soon.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (8mulE)

22 I watched most of season 1 on an airplane flight. It was excellent. I'm not willing to spring for Paramount+ though. Pity.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)

23 1 BLADE IS FIRST TO DROP THE NUKE
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

The slow blade penetrates the shield.

Posted by: Gurney Ha at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (0GYGE)

24 I’ve been saying this for years. You are not plural. There already is a singular, non gender specific pronoun. “It”

Trannies are its

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (fA38o)

25 The new Star Trek looks like a teen soap opera with ugly people. Its such a bizarre choice. I think there's fertile ground for an interesting show around the Starfleet Academy, but in no conceivable way the approach they are taking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (PYyV9)

26 Saw a recent panel interview that included Trek people, and Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker on TNG) commenting on the new series being different because they cast was allowed to ad lib, and just fluidly speak and how different it was from when they were filming his era of Trek.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (IifOV)

27 Damn fat fingers.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (0GYGE)

28 "Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy.

Full of lead.

"Real gentle.

Even gentler now.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (TdYBy)

29 Studio exec: Why wouldn't Ainsley vet her roommate on IG in advance of move-in day like everyone else?

Movie Pitch Guy: So the scene can happen!

Studio exec: OK!

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (GD2xa)

30 Paramount's Landman OBLITERATES the pronouns argument after the show introduced a non-binary character as Ainsley Norris's TCU roommate.

Non-binary roommate: 'So what are your pronouns?'

Ainsley Norris: 'My pronouns? I'd hope that was pretty clear?'


Me: 'Hey! Yeah you. The fucking nut'.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FzgDV)

31 Fire pronoun torpedoes!

Posted by: Josephistan at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FLx59)

32 There are no Republican or Democrat TV shows.

Posted by: John Roberts at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (gGWDB)

33 I have heard good stuff about Landman and have liked the clips I have seen. its not as Based as it might look from the clips but better than most.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (PYyV9)

34 Willowed, related entertainment comment about AWFLs:

I've also enjoyed the takes on why millennial AWFL women have made straight men so toxic to them, the only men they can handle are supernatural studs in their porn, or happily watch gay men in a hockey TV show having sex with each other. Theories as to how they have emasculated men in their real lives, choose the bear over men, and yet want virile masculinity in their fiction. It's been entertaining to read.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (gWBY1)

35 We watched both series of Landman and I loved it. My husband gets irritated at what he calls the soap opera stuff and sex vs violence. I ignore him and we continue.Lots of comments about Tommy's insane wife. Love Nate the lawyer. I want the son to shave his pitiful goatee.

We both cracked up at his definition of The View, and roared over the dorm scene of the pronoun issue. The dyke was played perfectly. It was perfect in her safe space issues and she even had a stinky ferret (let's not forget the ferret's pronouns). To make Ainsely seem smart took a lot, and this part of the show did (I defend her when my husband mocks her).

We loved it and want more! I am a huge Sam Elliot fan, but know he's a lefty in politics.

We veer from movies, to comedy, to various series,Westerns, to violence and mayhem. It all depends on what the remote control guy lands on and we approve (meaning no ghey stuff or really hideous stuff).

We watch tv a total of 1hr a day (not counting his sports stuff in the basement while I read).

Landman suited us for about 2wks of our hourly tv brainspan and our own dialogue.

We hope for a 3rd series.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (WONhk)

36 The new Star Trek has got to be money laundering or some kind of tax scam. Not even the wokest leftist retard could possibly have looked at this radioactive dumpster fire of a series and said "yea, this is gonna be a hit."

The series looks shoddy and cheap, has a plot nobody is interested in, annoying doofus characters and bad casting, comically bad marketing, and and overall ooze of sad regret bleeding like what was left of that Planet Fitness pervert's dick after he finished jackhammering off.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

37 Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (fA38o)

38 Landman's wife is not a liberal. She is just bipolar and sort of a gold digger, but then she randomly left her millionaire husband to hook up with her ex who lived in the equivalent of an oil company dorm. She mostly plays as a nutjob with plot armor (attacking someone with no consequences, winning $300k at a casino, etc.).

Posted by: Anon at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (Z4pVM)

39 "Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy."


She sounds like a Hallmark movie

Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (GUOwU)

40 21 I watched the first season of Landman and was impressed. I haven't got to season 2 yet, but now that it is almost done, I'll be getting to it soon.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (8mulE)

I just can't take the women in the show.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (TdYBy)

41 "The early performance of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is shaping up to be a serious warning sign for Paramount+, with the show's free YouTube premiere delivering alarmingly weak engagement numbers that undercut the platform's entire conversion strategy and marked the show as a flop from the get-go."

Wait, the female Jem'Hadar (in DS9 they're all male because they're bred to be warriors) didn't boost viewership?

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (9Ovst)

42 (Landman's wife is an AWFL.)

Uh, no. In that episode, the wife marches into the student life director and demands her daughter, Ainsley, be transferred out of the doom room with the butch trannies. The wife bullies the director into giving the daughter a pass to stay off-campus. She maybe a gold-digging huuur but a liberal she ain't.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (mlg/3)

43 From that pronouns clip, it looks like Landman might be a fun show.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (dK+Kv)

44 That is not Star Trek. Star Trek is TOS.

That is all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

45 "Chris Gore reported that sources inside Paramount told him that the show's ratings are in the "thousands." Thousands. Not millions, thousands."

I just checked the viewership: 26K. After watching the above clip I am convinced YouTube is inflating the number.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (HTCU3)

46 I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.

But you look smarter in glasses!

On a spaceship?
Hundreds of years in the future?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (HXT0k)

47 So at Starfleet butch lesbo women get to harangue young men of color. Guess the victim hierarchy changed up a little bit in 1000 years.

Posted by: Who writes this shit? It's retarded and gay. at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (TbWk/)

48 commenting on the new series being different because they cast was allowed to ad lib

Yeah that worked so well with Ghostbusters 2016

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (PYyV9)

49 The City on the Edge of Forever was on last night, followed by part 1f Unification from TNG. Those were Star Trek, not this drek

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Oql3v)

50 Ainsley Norris: “My pronouns? I’d hope that was pretty clear?”

I remember seeing that clip. Her pronouns are VERY pronounced.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q7yzj)

51 That poor blonde girl shouldn't have to put up with that abuse.

I will let her stay with me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (viF8m)

52 Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek./i]

In TOS Kirk was banging a three woman every couple of episodes.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

53 You shouldn't watch teevee. I hate teevee. In fact, I don't have a teevee.

Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to.

And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like.

And the gays.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG)

54 I’m beginning to think I might have to start watching Landman. That Ainsley is scorching hot!

Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY)

55 I think ace has found himself a conservative twinkie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

56 Btw, what I've seen of Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout abomination confirms that Todd Howard absolutely hates Fallout New Vegas and is doing everything in his power to make all the events in the game non-canon. This is on top of everything Season 1 did to nuke the canon of the Fallout 1 and 2 games.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (9Ovst)

57 The Ainsley Norris scene is from a documentary right?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (HTCU3)

58 Hundreds of years in the future?

Thousands. They can rebuild someone entirely at will with a transporter but cannot fix her eyes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (PYyV9)

59 tudio exec: Why wouldn't Ainsley vet her roommate on IG in advance of move-in day like everyone else?

Movie Pitch Guy: So the scene can happen!

Studio exec: OK!
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis


It was just for a one week cheer camp before classes started, or something.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (mlg/3)

60 "We are Legion, for there are many of us."

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (qFwJc)

61 Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to.

And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like.

And the gays.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG)

Kind of, yes.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (gGWDB)

62 I just can't take the women in the show.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (TdYBy)

Husband, it that you? I did not know you post or read here! Ace is MINE!

He says similar and I see good in them all. Not Cammie, though.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (WONhk)

63 I told someone Taylor Sheridan doesn't really know how to write female characters, and they responded, "What about Beth Dutton?"

I responded, "Exactly! She's heartless, cruel and manipulative, which I'm supposed to accept as some kind Cluster B personality disorder, but then she's also incredibly responsible and competent, which features in none of those pathologies."

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (GD2xa)

64 I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.


Food has to be pretty strictly planned in space and extra weight means extra fuel to move that mass.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

65 Isn't there something in this thread we can blame Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly for? Is "Landman" just a metaphor for hating Jews and loving Putin?

Posted by: jwest at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (KtqtS)

66 54 I’m beginning to think I might have to start watching Landman. That Ainsley is scorching hot!

Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY)

There might be a bait and switch later though, as the Ainsley character gets more indoctrinated by college. Watch for her character gaining at least 30 pounds and changing her hair color from blonde to "multi".

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (9Ovst)

67 From that pronouns clip, it looks like Landman might be a fun show.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (dK+Kv)

I watched part of the first episode. Did not have time to keep watching right then. Seemed good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

68 42 (Landman's wife is an AWFL.)

Uh, no. In that episode, the wife marches into the student life director and demands her daughter, Ainsley, be transferred out of the doom room with the butch trannies. The wife bullies the director into giving the daughter a pass to stay off-campus. She maybe a gold-digging huuur but a liberal she ain't.
------------
Yep, 100% agree with you. BTW, the actor who plays the roommate Paigyn (get it?) looks to be playing himself. I looked him up, a they/them in real life who is married to another guy.

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (I7J98)

69 Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (YobFY)

70 "Landman's wife is an AWFL"

Wut?? I don't think that's even close to being accurate.

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (dP47V)

71 Well, Renee Good's former FIL who must be a Christian said this about her:

https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (8Xy/A)

72 Sam Elliott: "What's The View?"

Billy Bob Thornton: "A bunch of pissed off millionaires bitching about how much they hate millionaires and Trump and men and you and me."

--

Sam Elliott allowed himself to do that scene? Isn't he a blithering leftist (much to my surprise)? I remember him being one of those embarrassing dopes doing a commercial of sorts as one of those "Dudes for Harris."

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (qBdHI)

73 Thousands. They can rebuild someone entirely at will with a transporter but cannot fix her eyes.

The transporter kills you each time but creates a clone at the other end.

And as an interesting movie idea...make those clones demon spawns...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

74 Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (9Ovst)

They never got fallout to begin with, were just fans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (zZu0s)

75 told someone Taylor Sheridan doesn't really know how to write female characters, and they responded, "What about Beth Dutton?"

I responded, "Exactly! She's heartless, cruel and manipulative, which I'm supposed to accept as some kind Cluster B personality disorder, but then she's also incredibly responsible and competent, which features in none of those pathologies."

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (GD2xa)

The dirty secret of cinema and TV is no one wants to watch "realistic" women.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (gGWDB)

76 Yeah - Landman rocks!

Bonus - they film lots of scenes in Fort Worth, so the actors can be seen in local eateries around town. Billy Bob Thornton LOVES Fort Worth and her people - and we love him right back.

Funny story - the "set" for one of the restaurants on the show was actually built right outside of the loop on one of the main roads in town. All of the locals saw it going up and thought their neighborhood was getting a new restaurant. They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (SRRAx)

77 Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (fA38o)

I was always jealous of people who could watch ST TNG. Because all the chix, even the Perkins 6 level ones, wore those outfits that made their bobs look spectacular.

But I just couldn't bring myself to watch more than half an episode.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (dGCAG)

78 69 Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (YobFY)

I got a soft spot for DS9. If anything else, at least that show rescued Worf's character a bit (mostly) from TNG.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (9Ovst)

79 Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY)

He's not woke. Check out his movies:
Sicario
Hell or High Water
Wind River

I don't know if he's conservative, but his movies have a normal American sensibility.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (8mulE)

80 Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that

DS9 is ok. I watched TNG at the time but seeing clips now its mostly terrible.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

81 I’m probably the only one but I absolutely hated the Beth Dutton character in Yellowstone. Psychopath

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (YobFY)

82 Yes, using plural pronouns for a single individual is incorrect. But, they never take it far enough.

I got asked to leave a meeting at my bank (on business loans). There were a group of six of us, and expectedly, the first thing we had to do is go around the table and introduce ourselves. One guy insisted on sharing his "non-binary" pronouns of "They and Them". He specifically stated, "My preferred pronouns are they and them."

To which I interjected. "You mean "OUR preferred pronouns are they and them. 'My' is a singular pronoun." He got snippy. I proceeded to correct him every time he used the pronoun "I", which was often. The "They Thems" sure like to talk about themselves incessantly. Eventually, the manager in charge of the meeting asked me to leave, to which I had no problem. On the way out the door I looking at Mr. Plural Pronoun and said, "All of you have a nice day."

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (dIske)

83 Yep, 100% agree with you. BTW, the actor who plays the roommate Paigyn (get it?) looks to be playing himself.

--

Paigyn? Oh, how clever...

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (qBdHI)

84 "Gayest Star Trek ever"

George Takei hardest hit

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (0e5Te)

85
I don't watch Landman, but I'm glad that denunciation clip includes Tesla.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (x4Mz/)

86 Saw a clip of a roundtable of prog women and sissies.

Landman just isn't as good as it once was.

They even had the gall to characterize women being MAGA as "cliched".

I mean--in what fucking world?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (Q4cxx)

87 I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.

I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected.

I'll watch the second season.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

88 Isn't there something in this thread we can blame Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly for? Is "Landman" just a metaphor for hating Jews and loving Putin?
Posted by: jwest

How about shapeshifting reptilian aliens who have taken human form and use their abilities to gain political power to manipulate human societies?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (HTCU3)

89 >>> Sam Elliott allowed himself to do that scene? Isn't he a blithering leftist (much to my surprise)? I remember him being one of those embarrassing dopes doing a commercial of sorts as one of those "Dudes for Harris."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (qBdHI)


Acting! For $$. Like Tucker and Megyn and probably a whole lot more.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (3uBP9)

90 I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ)

91 The female Jem'Hadar are left behind. They don't go into battle. They stay home and bake cookies, make dinner and sandwiches, keep the house spotless, raise and educate the children, and are very, very loving when hubby comes home.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (qFwJc)

92 But I just couldn't bring myself to watch more than half an episode.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (dGCAG)

You should try watching the other half. Those things are meant to be viewed in pairs.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (gGWDB)

93 I got a soft spot for DS9. If anything else, at least that show rescued Worf's character a bit (mostly) from TNG.
Posted by: Thrawn


I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3)

94 why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles,

One of the things to consider when you see say ScarJo muff spin some 250 bruiser to the ground in a marvel movie is that the only way that happens if if the bruiser allows it...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)

95 So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.

Interesting.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mP0Kj)

96 This is what us normals are up against - here's a profile of the roommate - these people live in a very different world than mine: https://tinyurl.com/6swda7xt

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (I7J98)

97 In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.
This version looks like an endless iterations of the repulsively transgender people interacting with the planet of the fat frog people. On and on and on. I take one look at that and I want them all to die horribly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (uWKK8)

98 I also watched the movie Primitive War. Stupid name and bad marketing. But if you're looking for a non-woke bloody action adventure that's basically a cross between Predator, Apocalypse Now, and Jurassic Park, then check it out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

99 I would do very bad things to Beth

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (gGWDB)

100 No one has told me what their pronouns are yet, but I have the perfect response.

“My pronouns are zer/they/them.”

“Cool, my adjectives are uncaring/disinterested/bored/disgusted.”

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (fA38o)

101 I’m probably the only one but I absolutely hated the Beth Dutton character in Yellowstone. Psychopath
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (YobFY)


You're not the only one. She was a butter-face and only got away with her badass attitude because John Dutton was her daddy. Anybody else not named Dutton who acted like her - man or woman - would have gotten their ass kicked promptly and repeatedly.

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dP47V)

102 Watch for her character gaining at least 30 pounds and changing her hair color from blonde to "multi".
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (9Ovst)

Naw. Will never happen. She's her Mama's girl and a Texas cheerleader.

I was similar to her in looks but very, very naive with guys. I knew what they wanted and it was not to give (after some HS drive in adventures OF HAVING MY EAR LICKED! Which I still can't figure out what that was supposed to do to me).

In college I still had the ability to see through people and fakes and wackos. Rarely dated but had guy friends. Granted, my thinking became a bit more liberal, as I believed the propaganda from the newspaper for awhile regarding politics. It didn't stick as once I had our first baby boy I was a Reagan Conservative.

Ainsley would rather go into a convent than be a ferret dyke. Or cut her hair. Or give up quarterbacks.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (WONhk)

103 You should try watching the other half. Those things are meant to be viewed in pairs.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (gGWDB)

I was already done by then, so I just went and got something to eat.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dGCAG)

104 The premiere episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy debuted on YouTube with a live premiere that peaked at roughly 1,300 concurrent viewers.
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I fully expect half of those numbers to be YouTubers "hate-watching" the series so they could make content later ripping it to shreds.

I think a few YouTubers have checked out and don't even want to bother because it's so bad.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (ESVrU)

105 So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.

The first SW series was a good space opera when space operas were rare.

ST has always had an issue where it sort of wants to be more serious SF but isn't willing to really make that jump.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm)

106 TNG sucked Horta butt from day one.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (vFG9F)

107 Food has to be pretty strictly planned in space and extra weight means extra fuel to move that mass.

They create the food with the transporter now out of... I dunno, I am not sure anyone ever actually explained where it comes from. Human waste maybe

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (PYyV9)

108 And apparently, they don't have google in the future.

The actual quote is, "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and exuberance/skill."
No versions have "youth and a smart mouth."

Smart mouth isn't just wrong, it's stupid and make absolutely no sense.

And no one attributes it to Oscar Wilde.

If you wanted more reasons to mock the show.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (HXT0k)

109 I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ)

Isn't Netflix always a pay wall?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dGCAG)

110 I’ve still got the hots for that seductive green alien female in that one episode of TOS. Kirk you lucky bastard!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (k0PcD)

111 That now famous speech BBT gives about windmills in Landman doesn't have to be political, it's mainly calling a spade a spade. It's mainly making the case that there are four lights.

It just requires Sheridan or his writers to not be sold-out, lie-for-the-cause lefties.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (Q4cxx)

112 ugh so I have to get Paramount now?

it does look like a good show tho. I really felt for that young lady! ugh bad dorm roommates SUCK

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (emBoF)

113 As long as everyone is ok with the fact that any show is just trying to pull you in for a real good sucker punch later.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (3uBP9)

114 I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3)

The War Arc towards the end of DS9 is one of the best storylines of any Trek, ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (uWKK8)

115 Sam Elliot is only a lefty because he can afford to be a lefty.

Did he ever have to work for a living?

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (qFwJc)

116 I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ)


Get a v-see box. You'll thank me.

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (dP47V)

117 Oh man, imagine being an intelligent cadet and having to listen to that dyke recite Wilde and act insufferable when you know you'll be a better officer and human.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (aZm/F)

118 > I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.

It's canon in Trek that they have medicine that fixes your vision. Kirk and McCoy banter about Kirk's glasses and Kirk tells McCoy he's allergic to Retinax.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (Yp6az)

119 Netflix didn't put Landman behind a paywall. Probably Paramount let Netflix air some of their shows for a bit?

Netflix has their own shows. They're nothing like Landman.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (emBoF)

120 There are no female Jem'Hadar; only males, who go home to their Vorta twinks.

Posted by: you know it's true at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (gKWVE)

121 ugh so I have to get Paramount now?

it does look like a good show tho. I really felt for that young lady! ugh bad dorm roommates SUCK
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (emBoF)


See me at 116

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (dP47V)

122
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

I distinctly saw a character who is not a "person." It was some sort of Romulan or whatever the hell they are -- I haven't watched any Star Trek fare of any sort since the last movie with the original cast.

Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/)

123 The new StarTrek series showcases a body positive... i.e. fat ... holographic character.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (IpwKz)

124 When I heard that the new Star Trek show deals with the premise of "the federation completely disintegrated and fell apart, now we have a new Starfleet Academy to bring different species back together," I knew that liberals were going to HATE it.

Liberal Trek fans I know got smug that in TNG, we'd created a socialist utopia where there's no conflict among federation members on the ship and no need for money. This new show blows all that up. Or will trigger them their perfect fictional socialist utopia failed. Again.

It's why I loved TOS. It real raw and real and dealt with real human issues. TNG felt more sterile, like we'd sanded off the rough parts of life by hand waving them away.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (gWBY1)

125 Kelly Reilly a butterface?! I will grant you the woman has gotten older but she has always been sexy as hell. This place.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (gGWDB)

126 In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.

He was romantically involved with nurse Chapel...

And she later produced a sort of Star Trek series called Andromeda staring Kevin "Hercules" Sorbo and Lexa Doig

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

127 "In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at"

Even the Klingons were not that bad looking.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (vFG9F)

128 doof I will look into that!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (emBoF)

129 That's Star Trek? Yeah. No one involved w/that scene ever watched 10 seconds.... Kobayashi Maru ring a bell?

And as far as Landman, well... Ali Larter.

I'll be in my bunk....

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR)

130 36 The new Star Trek has got to be money laundering or some kind of tax scam. Not even the wokest leftist retard could possibly have looked at this radioactive dumpster fire of a series and said "yea, this is gonna be a hit."

The series looks shoddy and cheap, has a plot nobody is interested in, annoying doofus characters and bad casting, comically bad marketing, and and overall ooze of sad regret bleeding like what was left of that Planet Fitness pervert's dick after he finished jackhammering off.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Streaming and massive competition is killing profit margins so soon all shows will resemble early Dr Who in production values.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (WDjG6)

131 I'm addicted to Landman. It's a manly man show but it's not just violence. (OK, OK, Tommy has been tied to a chair with a bag over his head and gotten the shit beaten out of him by a drug cartel TWICE.) Ainsley and her mom Angela are both insanely hot screwballs. One of my favorite bits was Tommy's son Cooper confronting him in disbelief about why he would take his ex-wife Angela (Cooper's mother) back. Tommy explains, "Because that's how f*cking stupid I am." Eh, we've all been there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (L/fGl)

132 So now it's a Star Trek thread?

*swoon*

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F)

133 Btw, what I've seen of Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout abomination confirms that Todd Howard absolutely hates Fallout New Vegas and is doing everything in his power to make all the events in the game non-canon. This is on top of everything Season 1 did to nuke the canon of the Fallout 1 and 2 games.
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IDK
I have played zero Fallout.
But I did like the line in the last episode:
"that's the drugs talking!"
"[and truth be told, I like what they're sayin'.]"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k)

134 Get a v-see box. You'll thank me.
Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (dP47V)

That's what they said about Napster.

Get Napster, they said. You'll thank me, they said.

Sixteen years in prison. I'm not falling for that again.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (dGCAG)

135 Everyone was phoning it in for the last TNG season.
On the other hand, because the writers knew the actors didn't give a shit anymore, we did get "Lower Decks" [the episode] from it. Which starred actors who weren't the apathetic main cast.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (gKWVE)

136 Kirk we are in a quandary, why should we do?
I say we warp out of here and call it a lost cause, besides, any planet where the females outcast all the males will be extinct in short order.
Warp 11 Scotty!

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (Vvo0d)

137 >>> I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3)

The War Arc towards the end of DS9 is one of the best storylines of any Trek, ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (uWKK


DS9 put the lie to Roddenberry's progressive utopia. Often, very directly.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (3uBP9)

138 Funny story - the "set" for one of the restaurants on the show was actually built right outside of the loop on one of the main roads in town. All of the locals saw it going up and thought their neighborhood was getting a new restaurant. They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth


*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (FzgDV)

139 I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.

I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected.

I'll watch the second season.
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I thought they cancelled it?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k)

140 The struggle session lesbian in the Trek clip is Tig Notaro. She's supposedly a comedian.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Yp6az)

141 If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.

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Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (L/fGl)

142 The funny thing about "tolerant and inclusive Star Trek" is they have good races - Vulcans or Bajorans and evil races like Cardassians or Romulans.

The worst example though are the Ferengi which were originally clearly some sort of anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

143
I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.

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Also, it appears the left is still battling the forces of exclusion several hundred or thousand (I don't know the official timeline) years from now. Everyone is still as racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc as they were in 2026. There are now 3 certainties in life.

Death
Taxes
DEI training

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (x4Mz/)

144 TNG sucked Horta butt from day one

Yeah Next Gen was terrible but young geeks just loved it, despite its VAST HOST of problems.

One of the things to consider when you see say ScarJo muff spin some 250 bruiser to the ground in a marvel movie is that the only way that happens if if the bruiser allows it

Yeh that move.... who even came up with that move? You're going to spin your crotch on the guy's head and make him fall over? Is the stank that bad?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (PYyV9)

145 In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.
This version looks like an endless iterations of the repulsively transgender people interacting with the planet of the fat frog people. On and on and on. I take one look at that and I want them all to die horribly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (uWKK
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As soon as Roddenberry died, the TNG writers basically rebelled from his Rules to make a Snore Fest.

The first season the writers were not allowed to write interpersonal conflicts(!!)

In theme with Roddenberry's ludicrous progress dreams in TOS, he determined that the future would solve the whole issue of interpersonal conflicts. The writers almost choked when he laid down this rule.

Apparently, Roddenberry had lost all his notes on the Kirk series and could not remember that disagreements made the show what it was.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Q4cxx)

146 And the gays.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG)

Kind of, yes.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (gGWDB)

I mostly watch Twitch streams, anyone who labels their streams LGBTQ, pronouns, alliance, Ukraine, etc. get blocked. I actually found one dude who labels his stream no woke and he uses "gay" and "retard" as they should be used. It is quite the treat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (dK+Kv)

147 Oh, and God bless Billy B!

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Vvo0d)

148 I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.

I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected.

I'll watch the second season.
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I thought they cancelled it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k)
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There is a second season for sure. Not sure what happened after that.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

149 Trek is dead. Wars is dead. And they're bringing back Gate just so they can kill it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (2gNPD)

150 Fallout - I loved the games and I like the show just fine

it doesn't have to be exact to the games

it's still good!

it's a show based on VIDEO GAMES. come on now! it's not Lord of the Rings

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (emBoF)

151 Lexa Doig"

Yes please, 2.0....

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (XuXeR)

152 btw - Tires is getting a third season and you should all watch it

it's like a documentary of my hometown basically

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (emBoF)

153 I watched the first season of Landman. The women may be hot but good lord I hate their characters. They really don't add much to the show. Billy Bob is awesome. The new "Star Drek" looks awful in every single way. Gay and lame and gorrible.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (Q0yOR)

154
They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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There's a business opportunity right there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (x4Mz/)

155 doof I will look into that!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (emBoF)


Do it. As the saying goes - "I know a guy".

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (dP47V)

156 The Chosen.

Posted by: Come And See at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (xbncC)

157 anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space!"

Hey! Jews in Space?

/MelBrooks

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (XuXeR)

158 "Because that's how f*cking stupid I am." Eh, we've all been there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (L/fGl)

I love the music and photo of her when she calls him on his cell phone. I laugh every time.

His muttering, "Oh, here we go" is priceless when she gets riled up. Or, "what is the theme of dinner tonight?"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (WONhk)

159 Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/)
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Yeah, that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead.

But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (ESVrU)

160 So now it's a Star Trek thread?

*swoon*
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F)


Yeah - I'm out. Was hoping it would be a Landman hotties thread.

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (dP47V)

161 >>> https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2

This is the grandpa of the 6 year old son Renee dropped off at the radical day care, right? I hope so. If the kid gets raised by this guys, they might have a fighting chance at a normal life.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (gWBY1)

162 In our century we've learned not to fear words.

Posted by: Uhura at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

163 There's a business opportunity right there."

No Kidding.

/Bubba Gump Shrimp

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (XuXeR)

164 I would put her pronouns as Hottie and Cutie

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

165 I guarantee at least a couple hundred of their 'thousands' of viewers are content creators that are just watching to clip it and then bag on it during their streams.

Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (7gpcF)

166
Oh man, imagine being an intelligent cadet and having to listen to that dyke recite Wilde and act insufferable when you know you'll be a better officer and human.
Posted by: Seems Legit

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At that point it's been, what, several hundred or a thousand years of DEI training and it still hasn't worked?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (x4Mz/)

167 Ugh. Nobody should be assigned a "non-binary" roommate without opt-in permission.

Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (FMtrg)

168 Paramute would bury every other network if it replaced this crap with original episodes of the Honeymooners and the Three Stooges.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (zqeQL)

169 I like how in the 1st Star Trek movie, the spaceship controls of the future, this starship capable of interstellar travel ... were outdated tech by 1999.

They're flipping switched and turning dials.
Their "sensors" are just radar.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (HXT0k)

170 I'd like the studios to take at least a two-year break from Trek and let ideologically peristalsis take care of the DEI boluses (boli?) clogging the writers' rooms.

There's lots of Classic/Next Gen/Crystal Pepsi Trek to get me through the drought. We've been through this before after TOS was cancelled.

Maybe some good ST novels in the interim if the IP gatekeepers will allow it. A Ringo academy days novel would be spicy!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (kpS4V)

171 165 I guarantee at least a couple hundred of their 'thousands' of viewers are content creators that are just watching to clip it and then bag on it during their streams.
Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (7gpcF)

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Absolutely.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (aZm/F)

172 The worst example though are the Ferengi which were originally clearly some sort of anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space!
Posted by: 18-1


Eh, kinda sorta. I mean the show runners, Piller and Rick Berman, are jewish so... Even then, the first appearance of the ferengi were dramatically different than what they turned out to be.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (mlg/3)

173 So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.

The first SW series was a good space opera when space operas were rare.

ST has always had an issue where it sort of wants to be more serious SF but isn't willing to really make that jump.

Posted by: 18-1


Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO)

174 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

Pretty sure being a cadet at Starfleet is supposed to means you are the cream of the crop with high intelligence, technical expertise and/or leadership skills that will be honed through hard work and dedication so they can support the most complex technology in the galaxy in the vacuum of space, with discipline and training that will get them through life and death situations. Knowing the name of the fat homely chick sitting next to the butch instructor is waaaaaay down on the priority list.

Posted by: Retarded and gay level over 9000 at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (TbWk/)

175 Nerdrotic did a livestream with nothing but a Spock action figure in an empty chair at the same time as the Youtube Starfleet Academy stream. His had more viewers.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (V6W16)

176 Oscar Wilde is much better in the original Klingon.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)

177 The Halo show had 355 episodes spanning 20 seasons over more than two decades.

Posted by: banana Dream - yes I'm talking about RvB at January 15, 2026 04:03 PM (3uBP9)

178 Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO)
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I can't, 'cuz yer right!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:03 PM (ESVrU)

179 I have played zero minutes of Fallout, but really really liked season 1 of the show. I have since found out that Walton Goggins as a person is a real piece of crap ahole. I'm worried it will taint my view of him in the show, because he's one of the best parts of it.

Also ,I keep seeing his Goddaddy ads on YouTube waaay to much, where he opens a goggins goggle online business. Stop with the Goggins! I'm getting so tired of it. It pops up every day.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (gWBY1)

180 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
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* Gag! *

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx)

181 Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (gWBY1)

Yes, I think so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (8Xy/A)

182 No AWFL in her right mind would do what Ali Larter did. She and her husband moved to Idaho during the pandemic and decided to stay there for good after returning to LA for a summer. Here's her talking about life in LA:

"You’re expected to show up for so many things," she said. "There are so many parties. There’s so much of that side of the life that I just didn’t feel like served us any longer. We just didn’t want to do that. We want to be with our children. So, that’s when I think the biggest change was. We came back after that summer, and we just made a go for it."

Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (I7J98)

183 >>> https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2

This is the grandpa of the 6 year old son Renee dropped off at the radical day care, right? I hope so. If the kid gets raised by this guys, they might have a fighting chance at a normal life.

Possibly.

He doesn't blame anybody, even Good who accelerated into an ICE guy. He doesn't blame lesbowife who admitted to getting Good to go there and then egged her on to drive into ICE guy.

I get trying to take a religious high road in the situation, and I understand he is likely grieving.

But there is clear blame to be laid at the room temperature AWFL and her lesbowife.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (dK+Kv)

184 When every show a studio makes only has an audience of one, then I will grant that they are the MOST DIVERSE studio evah!

(Assuming, the "one" is a different person in each case.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 04:05 PM (HlyYF)

185 Yeah, that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead.

They also quote star trek characters, but only from TNG and the original series LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:05 PM (PYyV9)

186 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

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Can we agree that this is retarded statement?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (aZm/F)

187 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
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* Gag! *
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx)
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What does that even mean?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (ESVrU)

188 30 Paramount's Landman OBLITERATES the pronouns argument after the show introduced a non-binary character as Ainsley Norris's TCU roommate.

Non-binary roommate: 'So what are your pronouns?'

Ainsley Norris: 'My pronouns? I'd hope that was pretty clear?'


Me: 'Hey! Yeah you. The fucking nut'.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FzgDV)

The whole 4 minutes is amazing start to finish in Landman - that is utter mental illness on display, while someone normal tries to figure out how to walk through every minefield and then eventually just leaves and gives up b/c it's not possible to be reasonable to the irrational and insane...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL)

189 176 Oscar Wilde is much better in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
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"True friends stab you in the front."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (kpS4V)

190 note, for the star trek thing, note how the speaker cites Oscar Wilde. That is a deliberate choice: Wilde was a sexual deviant.

Posted by: jb at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (eDQ8+)

191 Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO)

B5 is clearly superior, at least until the end of the Shadow War... then... it muddles.

And it's follow on series? a couple good episodes but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (mP0Kj)

192 I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ)

Isn't Netflix always a pay wall?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM


I meant amazon prime, not netflix. They put it behind a paramount subscription paywall. You have to have amazon prime account and buy a sub for paramount for $9.00 a month to watch it after the first for or five episodes.


Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ)

193 I started watching second season of Fallout and have been enjoying that.

Landman really did a great job casting Billy Bob. He's not acting - I think that's really how he is. LOL

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (Q0yOR)

194 Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.

Unquestionably. Sadly, Strazinsky wants to do a remake but this time with more woke.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9)

195 Ah, that StarFleet DEI trainer is Tig somebody. She had a Prime "comedy" special where she got an applause line for introducing her "wife."

So tiresome.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (fjo1b)

196 IIRC, Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun.

So maybe people did worship him like that when he died. But they are skipping a whole deep, tragic part of his story to sound clever.

And any LGBT person worth their salt will know about Wilde's tragic past.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1)

197 But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show.
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Read an article that mocked that, they'll be like "based on the theories of Frickes, Graaacke and Einstein."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (HXT0k)

198 > I remember seeing that clip. Her pronouns are VERY pronounced.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q7yzj)

Yes, both her left pronoun and her right pronoun.

I can say this without being (much) of a perv because the actress is actually 28 years old.

Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (IG3/x)

199
Didn't I hear someone complain that Ellison should have quashed this new, woke, money-losing Star Trek?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (x4Mz/)

200 141 If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.

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Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer
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AW: Agreed. Its not for everyone but I enjoyed it.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (VkY89)

201 OW wrote with some wit, but otherwise... really?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (DgMqy)

202 We have NOT YET BEGUN TO GAY!!

Watch for Star Trek :: Genderless Orgy

Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (Q4cxx)

203 Read an article that mocked that, they'll be like "based on the theories of Frickes, Graaacke and Einstein."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (HXT0k)
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That does show up in science fiction shows (including Star Trek). They'll mention three figures from their past. Two of them will be recognizable to the audience as from before the time when the show was made. The third will be a fictional figure from a future time frame.

This makes the comparison sound futuristic, I guess.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU)

204 > Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ)

Tulsa King, also a Taylor Sheridan series, and also worth watching, is on Paramount Plus as well.

While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role.

Sheridan has four or five series going at once. I don't know how he does it.
'

Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (IG3/x)

205
Can we agree that this is retarded statement?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (aZm/F)

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Can we agree that was a retarded sentence?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (aZm/F)

206 179 I have played zero minutes of Fallout, but really really liked season 1 of the show. I have since found out that Walton Goggins as a person is a real piece of crap ahole. I'm worried it will taint my view of him in the show, because he's one of the best parts of it.


I haven't heard this. What's the story?

Posted by: Haven't seen any news around him at all at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

207 I meant amazon prime, not netflix. They put it behind a paramount subscription paywall. You have to have amazon prime account and buy a sub for paramount for $9.00 a month to watch it after the first for or five episodes.


Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ)

Just wait for a one month deal - subscribe, watch the new season, unsubscribe.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL)

208 Star Trek's fall...entertains me.

It shouldn't, but it does.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

209 Can we say that Landman put the pronoun debate.. on ICE?!

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Sy6m/)

210 I havd never heard of Landman

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

211 Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (IG3/x)

and it wouldn't be the horde if someone didn't t mention boobs in every single thread but specialty threads

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (8Xy/A)

212 I would love to meet Billy B.
Just to ask him how spectacular Halle Berry’s bare breasts are and did he get to touch them.

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Vvo0d)

213 Kirk: I will go where no man has gone before.

Spock: Dude, give it up already. She's a lesbo

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (Dv3i1)

214
that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead.

But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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They missed an opportunity to be doubly-relevant by quoting "that famous 21st-century civil rights heroine, Ketanji Brown-Jackson" or some equally lame "thinker" who is destined for history's Gallery of Dunces.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (x4Mz/)

215 203 That does show up in science fiction shows (including Star Trek). They'll mention three figures from their past. Two of them will be recognizable to the audience as from before the time when the show was made. The third will be a fictional figure from a future time frame.

This makes the comparison sound futuristic, I guess.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU)

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First season of Discovery name drops Elon Musk that way as one of the visionaries from the past.

Think they'd still do that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

216 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT)

Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

217 212 I would love to meet Billy B.
Just to ask him how spectacular Halle Berry’s bare breasts are and did he get to touch them.

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Vvo0d)

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You know how a woman's breast feels like...a bag of sand?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

218 "The show apparently doesn't have much use for liberal women:"

I enjoy the show, but it does have a lot of plot and script time for crazy women, and it's simply not believable that the men would put up with all their insane and expensive shit.

Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (N8ZBc)

219 IIRC, Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1)
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This too is the story of Alan Turing.

The Imitation Game neglects to mention that he was imprisoned for propositioning a boy.

Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (Q4cxx)

220 I don't like females of the opposite sex with big boobs and a round ass.

What's that fishy smell coming from between your legs ????

You need to put on more clothes, or I will tell Mommy that you are trying to sexually harass me.

My preferred pronouns are it, they, them, Balless, Hand job boy and Homo-man.

Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (J9q9v)

221 The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are pretty good.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (HXT0k)

222 Stupid Paramount.
I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB)

223 So maybe people did worship him like that when he died. But they are skipping a whole deep, tragic part of his story to sound clever.

And any LGBT person worth their salt will know about Wilde's tragic past.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1)

Yes a sad tale. He had a lot of friends willing and able to help him stay out of trouble, but he self destructively ignored all advice and charged headlong into it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (uWKK8)

224 156 The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See
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Another series I enjoy but us Christians need to remember that it is a SHOW and not a word for word production of scripture. Watch and enjoy but always do what the Apostle Paul (and other prophets) tell us: don't just believe what I'm telling you but go read it for yourself to make sure what I say is true.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (VkY89)

225 216 Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

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"A woman who loses custody of kids must be...awful."
-the American family court system

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

226 >>> 186 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

Bones calling Spock an unfeeling hobgoblin, or whatever he called him, would get him canceled by this new starfleet academy. But even though they had prejudices, they overcame them. That was the beauty of the show.

Undiscovered Country is still my fave Trek movie. Because Kirk has to overcome his prejudices. About helping the Klingons after still not forgiving for the death of his son:

"Let them die!"

So powerful. That is what the new versions of Trek are trying to run from. That brilliance.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (gWBY1)

227 53 You shouldn't watch teevee. I hate teevee. In fact, I don't have a teevee.

Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to.

And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like.

And the gays.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG)

Stare at walls?

That's time you could be spending at the range, in the gym, and drilling with the local militia, soldier!

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (6Uni8)

228 Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
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* Gag! *
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx)
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What does that even mean?"

"Here, let me push that stool in for you"

George "Supagay" Takei

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR)

229 We dig Landman. His wife is bizarre, and not very balanced. She said she wants to be worshipped. That's AWFL.

But Billy Bob is based.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (a3b6Y)

230 The left likes to tweak us with fat, ugly and weird characters. They know it annoys us, so they keep doing it. Rather than put forth an effort to put together a watchable show with relatable characters instead of weirdo's they admire.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (U2OZr)

231 Over 200 and nobody's socked Wesley Crusher? I am disappoint.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (fjo1b)

232 Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ)

233 The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (IG3/x)

234 They missed an opportunity to be doubly-relevant by quoting "that famous 21st-century civil rights heroine, Ketanji Brown-Jackson" or some equally lame "thinker" who is destined for history's Gallery of Dunces.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (x4Mz/)

I don't remember, isn't Stacey Abrams like the President of Earf in Star Trek now? Or is that another franchise?

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (9Ovst)

235 In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio.
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LOL. That is hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ)

236 232 Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ)

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"I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!"
-half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

237 I kinda prefer the fatties to whatever Cynthia Erivo is

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF)

238 .. at least the big gals seem alive

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF)

239 Heh...sidebar, endgame in Iran. I say we send over a cadre of Amish to show them how to manage their land. And, yes, the "New Amish" and Mennonites do take on international missionary tasks like that.

And, in case you're wondering about their bona fides; it was the Mennonites that developed a hardy winter wheat plant that allows Russia and Ukraine to grow wheat to this very day in their countries.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske)

240 You know how a woman's breast feels like...a bag of sand?"

Sure thing, Harrison...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)

241 222 Stupid Paramount.
I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB)

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hahahahaaahah

Yeah, how could he bang aliens if he was taking that gal seriously?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (aZm/F)

242 "As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed,"

I picture him at sick bay in the AM after his latest port of call, with Bones cleaning off all the green slime and purple from his junk, and getting seriously deconned.

Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (N8ZBc)

243 This brunette in stockings and heels promises she's not an AWFL:
http://tiny.cc/5spx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ)

244 I subscribe to chess channels that rack up more views than Starfleet Academy.

CHECKMATE, SHITLIBS!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (wtvvX)

245 purple bugs.

Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (N8ZBc)

246 233 The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.


my God I had no idea! his book about his accident is AMAZING

sheesh I really like the dude actually

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (emBoF)

247 Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
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* Gag! *
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx)
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What does that even mean?"

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR)
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Dropping the soap in the shower.

You're open.

Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (Q4cxx)

248 "I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!"
-half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Don't forget the hand tattoos and constant frenetic gesticulation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ)

249 216 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT)

Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents.

She was a twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y)

250 nobody's socked Wesley Crusher?"

Even we morons have standards...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR)

251 Sulu was fine until he got nailed by the Horta.
Now all you hear is bitching "he never calls, he never writes."

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (2WIwB)

252
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

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Can we agree that this is retarded statement?
Posted by: Seems Legit

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I can't even imagine. Isn't there a higher authority or a set of principles in the 31st century? Why does being a cadet limit your meaningfulness to the people around you? You study a text, a strategy, a historical incident and you ask, "How can this make me open to the people around me?"

I'd get a refund on my tuition and join the rebels.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (x4Mz/)

253 237 I kinda prefer the fatties to whatever Cynthia Erivo is

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF)

Much like James Carville, Cynthia Erivo seems to be some sort of upright, walking snake-creature.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (6Uni8)

254 The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are pretty good.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM


That boils down to "whatever isn't nailed down behind a locked vault door belongs to the first ferengi that wanders past it".

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (0N4FZ)

255 In theme with Roddenberry's ludicrous progress dreams in TOS, he determined that the future would solve the whole issue of interpersonal conflicts. The writers almost choked when he laid down this rule.

Apparently, Roddenberry had lost all his notes on the Kirk series and could not remember that disagreements made the show what it was.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Q4cxx)

The wors, most self-indulgent thing by far that Roddenberry ever did was to write his own Mary Sue into the show. Here's a hint - Gene Roddenberry's middle name was Wesley. (really)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (uWKK8)

256 248 Don't forget the hand tattoos and constant frenetic gesticulation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ)

=======

"What the fuck do you mean?"
-bird hands

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (GBKbO)

257 She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents.

She was a twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y)
++++
I always heard that Alaskans were ruthless!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (GyQIQ)

258 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)

259 I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB)
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All will be retconned, for the Cause.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (Q4cxx)

260 LOL, don't forget that Star Trek thought Stacie Abrams needed to be on the show.

I won't watch TNG because I'm not going to give Whoopi any residuals.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (HXT0k)

261 Are there any followers of Islam in ANY of the Star Trek series and spin-offs?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iMotb)

262 Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl)

263 I've just watched four minutes of a new tv show for the first time in decades. A blonde chick with knockers and tight shorts can do that.

Posted by: ChrisW at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (rLfcT)

264 purple bugs."

Starship Trooper, the Mooovie?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR)

265 153 I watched the first season of Landman. The women may be hot but good lord I hate their characters. They really don't add much to the show. Billy Bob is awesome. The new "Star Drek" looks awful in every single way. Gay and lame and gorrible.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM

Billy Bob is great and yes, the ladies are very attractive but I just couldn't get into it. It's right up my alley too, a nighttime soap but I don't care for it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im)

266 Much like James Carville, Cynthia Erivo seems to be some sort of upright, walking snake-creature.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (6Uni
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At least Carville came by it honestly.

I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ)

267 Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ)

=======

"I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!"
-half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)
________

I must be missing something here. AWFuLs see each other all the time. They have no friends but other AWFuLs and the rentboys they pay to clean the pool and fill their twats. Don't they already know exactly who and what they are and how they act and look?

It may be that in shows like Landman, the difference is not that they are seeing themselves accurately portrayed, but they are seeing normal people's reactions to them. I don't watch the show so I don't know.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

268 STA is getting a few thousand viewers? Oaky, at that size, a significant percentage really is YouTube content-creators hate-watching the show so that can laugh mock it. That is pathetic. Not unexpected, but still pathetic.

I will not be one of those hate-watchers, but I'm sure I will watch multiple reviews of the show from multiple different channels...

Posted by: Castle Guy at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (Lhaco)

269 Wilde is a quotation magnet — a lot of witticisms get attributed to him that he may or may not have made.

Ditto Twain and Churchill.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)

270 >>> Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

Because there were cigarette burns on their bodies. Mother of the year.

As someone who has kids in my family who have been been abuse by their mothers, and that trauma is at the root of their problems...and their dads had to fight for every shred of custody they got to protect their kids from these monsters wearing the mask of a mother: I know women like Renee. And a millstone around their necks for hurting their precious kids would be too swift a death. But that's for god to decide. I hope he had some productive talks with her on the other side.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (gWBY1)

271 I liked the first few S1 episodes of Landman. But then it started focusing way too much on the mother and daughter and the son fucking the Mexican chick. Became soap opera-esque and I stopped caring and watching.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (kgFPv)

272 231 Over 200 and nobody's socked Wesley Crusher? I am disappoint.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (fjo1b)

Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (a3b6Y)

273 This brunette in stockings and heels promises she's not an AWFL:
http://tiny.cc/5spx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ)


Her interview is 7PM this evening. Tell her not to be late.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (2WIwB)

274 258 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...


Severance is really great

While you're there watch Dark Matter

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (emBoF)

275
Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun.

_____________

Brilliance without wisdom. His testimony in the libel trial was flippant and helped the defense.

It's also worth remembering he did not just commit sodomy, but sodomy with underage boys.

Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tgvbd)

276
LOL, don't forget that Star Trek thought Stacie Abrams needed to be on the show.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

===============

Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (x4Mz/)

277 PS - I also liked Knives Out 3, even if it was an easier mystery to solve...the religion and athiest stuff worked for me, as did the symbolism of the missing crucifix (aka Jesus) and how the Church kept falling apart until it was back...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tOcjL)

278 I was being facetious.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (qFwJc)

279 I must be missing something here. AWFuLs see each other all the time. They have no friends but other AWFuLs and the rentboys they pay to clean the pool and fill their twats. Don't they already know exactly who and what they are and how they act and look?

It may be that in shows like Landman, the difference is not that they are seeing themselves accurately portrayed, but they are seeing normal people's reactions to them. I don't watch the show so I don't know.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)
++++
In the AWFL milieu: normal, good, righteous.
From the outside: a greater horror is almost unknown.

It's the change in perspective. They see it from inside, not outside.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (GyQIQ)

280 The dirty secret of cinema and TV is no one wants to watch "realistic" women.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (gGWDB)

What? Hot, submissive and respectful is not realistic?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (GD2xa)

281 262 Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl)


NO VACCINE FOR YOU!

Posted by: Space Wakandans, Vaccine Nazis at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (fjo1b)

282 "the son fucking the Mexican chick."

His recent proposal scene with the million candles was the Simpiest Thing Evah Filmed.

Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (N8ZBc)

283 233 The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (IG3/x)

You gotta admit though, it takes a special talent to run yourself over with your own snowplow. Especially when it is you yourself driving it!

Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (8mulE)

284 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...

-

S2 sucked. I was out after 4 episodes. The S2 Apple curse lives on.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (kgFPv)

285 I think you have to be a terrible mother for the father to have full custody.

Sheeesh, they let moms who are alcoholics and drug addicts have their children.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (aZm/F)

286 And he was stupid enough to write love letters.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)

287 Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (x4Mz/)
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I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (ESVrU)

288 249
Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents.

She was a twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y)

She lost her mind. Figuratively and literally.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (N39Ws)

289 Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?"

Easy. Did you see what we did to Star Wars and Indiana Jones?

/disney

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR)

290 266 I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ)

Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni8)

291
Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

=============

And I had to look up Lizzo ("plus-sized black female singer" because Google would have rebuked me if I'd searched on FAT). She seems so last-year now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (x4Mz/)

292 Elon's machine would like to have a word about Angela:

Taylor Sheridan’s writing tends to contrast rough, traditional, working-class masculinity (the oil patch) with privileged, often dysfunctional elite society (Dallas high-society world where Angela lives). But that elite world in Landman is Texas oil money—culturally more conservative/Republican than coastal liberal. Angela embodies the spoiled, high-maintenance ex-wife of a wealthy oil exec, not the stereotypical performative progressive.

The “L” (liberal) in AWFL doesn’t actually apply here. She’s emphatically affluent white female, and she hits a lot of the entitlement/hypocrisy beats that annoy viewers (the gala scenes, the dramatic personal life, the detachment from the dangerous work that funds her lifestyle), but without the progressive political or cultural signaling, she doesn’t fit the specific AWFL archetype.

The term wouldn’t land accurately if applied to her—the stereotype is aimed at a different demographic (think coastal, college-educated, virtue-signaling wine-mom types). Angela is more of a classic Texas socialite trope: glamorous, messy, privileged, and apolitical.

Posted by: bif at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (aiyac)

293 274 258 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...


Severance is really great

While you're there watch Dark Matter
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (emBoF)

I only have 9 days...but if my phone gives me another free sub (they've done it 3 times), that will be on my next list...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (tOcjL)

294 B5 is clearly superior, at least until the end of the Shadow War... then... it muddles.

And it's follow on series? a couple good episodes but...

Posted by: Romeo13


Yeah, the whole dickaround they got that almost kiboshed Season 5 forced changes that weakened it when it did come about. Still, four seasons of utter brilliance.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (OUMaO)

295 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
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One of my favorite series so far. But there is a Cambrian Explosion of Gay going into the second season.

I also like Silo--which I do recommend despite that Klavan's criticism of it is valid. Julianne is a guy. She's an actual XX, but in every other way she's playing the role of a guy. It didn't get in my way of being intrigued by it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (Q4cxx)

296 OT-Feds now suing MN for discriminatory DEI:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/5ajvu6fw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (8Xy/A)

297 "Here's a hint - Gene Roddenberry's middle name was Wesley. (really)
Posted by: Tom Servo"

Shut up, Really?

Posted by: Uhura at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (vFG9F)

298 A colleague of mine got full custody. Easy peasy.

The mother was in prison.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (qFwJc)

299 I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ)

Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni
____

Chances of one or both of them committing suicide in 5 years? Somewhere around 50%.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

300 Stare at walls?

That's time you could be spending at the range, in the gym, and drilling with the local militia, soldier!
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (6Uni

But my foot hurts. I don't have a ride. I have to wash my hair.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (dGCAG)

301
Lord Birkinhead, the Lord Chancellor, was asked by a judge what he should give a man who allowed himself to be buggered. Birkinhead replied, "Thirty shillings, a guinea, whatever you have on you."

Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (tgvbd)

302 S2 sucked. I was out after 4 episodes. The S2 Apple curse lives on.


yeah and honestly Dark Matter doesn't need a second season so I'll likely skip it unless I hear something amazing about it. the season they did was good and complete.

show is based on a book and the book ends where the show season one ends SO

I don't trust second seasons

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (emBoF)

303 "Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk."

They both look like QC rejects from an android factory.

Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (N8ZBc)

304 it takes a special talent to run yourself over with your own snowplow. Especially when it is you yourself driving it!"

/No stems, no seeds

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (XuXeR)

305 And let's not forget that the Prime Directive is unworkable, silly, stupid and based on goofy, retarded notions of the Noble Savage.

No sentient life capable of interstellar travel is going to give a shit about the "natural development of a species."

It's like us seeing these big, tasty, meat sacks on four hooves wandering the plain and deciding, "maybe in 10,000 years they'll naturally evolve into cows--leave them be."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k)

306 Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
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Have you watched Ted Lasso?

Great series.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (Q4cxx)

307
I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

============

Oh for heaven's sakes you're right. They're all becoming interchangeable now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (x4Mz/)

308 298 A colleague of mine got full custody. Easy peasy.

The mother was in prison.


the lady Renee has a rap sheet so

she may have been "law-involved" - maybe just on probation or house arrest

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (emBoF)

309 It's also worth remembering he did not just commit sodomy, but sodomy with underage boys.
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tgvbd)

They all do. How do you suppose they became homosexuals?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (a3b6Y)

310 Set a course for planet Lesbos. Set phasers on stunning.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (UjdFS)

311 Have you watched Ted Lasso?

Great series.


if you only watch Season One...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (emBoF)

312 Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY)

Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (7sIr+)

313 Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM

I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst)

314 Pluribus was so-so. Hopefully they make S2 better and reverse the curse.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (kgFPv)

315 >>>Before I lose AppleTV

CODA was really good! I cried. My husband is watching Foundation and it looks cool.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (gWBY1)

316 Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni
++++
Bigly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (GyQIQ)

317 295 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
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One of my favorite series so far. But there is a Cambrian Explosion of Gay going into the second season.

I also like Silo--which I do recommend despite that Klavan's criticism of it is valid. Julianne is a guy. She's an actual XX, but in every other way she's playing the role of a guy. It didn't get in my way of being intrigued by it.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (Q4cxx)

Man, it sounds like my AppleTV curse will continue...but at least it seems I'll enjoy the rest of season 1

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (tOcjL)

318 I read that the cigarette burns were from the new lesbian wife, and she lost custody because she didn't want to leave and protect the kids.

I am aware that it could be internet lore and complete bullshit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (aZm/F)

319 "In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio."

I don't follow this popularity-driven media environment, but that number just seems like statistical noise. I mean, it's not like you have to establish a brand or explain the premise of new intellectual property; Star Trek franchise(s) have been around since the late 60's. It's an eternity of background and public awareness. So getting that insignificant a number has to be horrifying... unless you're intentionally trying to bury it.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (gLikB)

320 Starfleet Academy, making Spock's Brain seem like King Lear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (Lk2kN)

321
Off, damned sock!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (tgvbd)

322 I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst)

Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

323 Is the wife in Landman an AWFL? She’s a gold digging bitch. But I didn’t see any indication she’s a liberal. bitch at least not the episodes I watched.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (kgFPv)

324 306 Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
---
Have you watched Ted Lasso?

Great series.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (Q4cxx)

No. A 2nd thing for potential free sub #4...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

325 Turn all that TV crap and get back to living life.

Posted by: TV Blows at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (GlDYx)

326 And let's not forget that the Prime Directive is unworkable, silly, stupid and based on goofy, retarded notions of the Noble Savage.

No sentient life capable of interstellar travel is going to give a shit about the "natural development of a species."

It's like us seeing these big, tasty, meat sacks on four hooves wandering the plain and deciding, "maybe in 10,000 years they'll naturally evolve into cows--leave them be."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k)
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The Prime Directive was a dumb plot device to create artificial tension.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (ESVrU)

327 Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (7sIr+)
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He just needs the minimal condition that he did his research on windmills enough to know that they're shit.

And also that the View is bizarre.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Q4cxx)

328 The only diversity Kirk needed was getting to bang alien women on almost every planet visited! He did not care about their differences, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Hkcdp)

329 I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Likewise Christian Slater.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (2WIwB)

330 They are Legion.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (ESTdS)

331 96 This is what us normals are up against - here's a profile of the roommate - these people live in a very different world than mine: https://tinyurl.com/6swda7xt
Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (I7J9

Oh crap - I just ate lunch....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (QGaXH)

332 >>Turn all that TV crap and get back to living life.


The only reason I have a TV is that I don't want to have to patch and repaint the wall when I remove it.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (ZcsJV)

333 320 seem like King Lear

Don’t go to Starfleet Academy. Join us at the Learing Center!
— Minnesota Somali

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

334 Why Kirk is better than Picard, he thinks the Prime Directive is merely guidance while he plays with lesser races.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Lk2kN)

335 "Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)"

Only throwing some shade her way because of those lyrics from one of her songs, ("Side-to-side", IIRC).

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (9Ovst)

336 330 They are Legion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (ESTdS)


Interesting movie

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (VE6XX)

337 We aren't going to run out of oil.

Titan, one of Saturn's moons-
Chemical composition and surface roughness of the lakes:
According to Cassini data, scientists announced on February 13, 2008, that Titan hosts within its polar lakes "hundreds of times more natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth." The desert sand dunes along the equator, while devoid of open liquid, nonetheless hold more organics than all of Earth's coal reserves. It has been estimated that the visible lakes and seas of Titan contain about 300 times the volume of Earth's proven oil reserves.

Meanwhile back here on earth, we have enough proven oil/gas reserves to last (at current rate of usage) about 400 years.

Posted by: Speller at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (pSotA)

338 Hijack is also a series I enjoyed. With Idris Elba.

I mean, it stars Elba. I didn't watch it with him.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Q4cxx)

339 I am Non-Binary and please put on a sweat suit.

Do you If I Jerk-Off in the Shower ????

Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (X7dyz)

340 I don't follow this popularity-driven media environment, but that number just seems like statistical noise. I mean, it's not like you have to establish a brand or explain the premise of new intellectual property; Star Trek franchise(s) have been around since the late 60's. It's an eternity of background and public awareness. So getting that insignificant a number has to be horrifying... unless you're intentionally trying to bury it.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (gLikB)
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Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits.

They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU)

341 The only diversity Kirk needed was getting to bang alien women on almost every planet visited! He did not care about their differences, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Hkcdp)

Was clearly busy with all that time travel.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (2y47d)

342 Did anyone else notice some parallels between Landman and Yellowstone?
Cooper = Jimmy
Angela = Beth
Tommy = John

Posted by: jimnmartin@gmail.com at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (MNCvZ)

343 Likewise Christian Slater.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (2WIwB)

Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst)

344 I watched Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and that was good. Have been watching Silo and enjoying it thus far. I have heard Severance is good. What about Pluribus? Is that good or no? I liked Breaking Bad and loved Better Call Saul.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:30 PM (Q0yOR)

345 Another good apple tv series: Bad Monkey. Based on a Carl Hiassom book, set in Florida with all the silly, quirky and dumb characters comm to Hiassom books. Vince Vaughan as lead is perfect!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:30 PM (Hkcdp)

346 >>> I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst)

Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)


A woman without a wrist icicle is like a fish without a dick bicycle

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (3uBP9)

347 340 Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits.

They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU)

It's all the same shit. Cosplay dorks/Theater Kids hanging at the coffee shop and hooking up.

Because none of these people ever grew up past high school.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (6Uni8)

348 While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role.

Watch Copland. And Rocky.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (PYyV9)

349 Checking in on some leftist forums they are still arguing that Karen Deathwheels wasn't a threat to the ICE agent because "he wasn't even in front of her car" or "sure he was in front of her car but like her wheels were turned away"

Now not only do they use those two arguments interchangeably - which remember the second argument invalidates the first...but they are ignoring the fact you can seem the car hit him...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (sKqQm)

350 Why Kirk is better than Picard, he thinks the Prime Directive is merely guidance while he plays with lesser races.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Lk2kN)
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Part of Roddenberry's dictatorship on the 2nd series was that Picard was "REALLY going to observe the Prime Directive".

It's a shame when you outgrow childhood and see what loonies the people who entertained you really are.

I had already gotten a inkling about Jim "I'm going to blow up this ship!!" Kirk.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (Q4cxx)

351 261 Are there any followers of Islam in ANY of the Star Trek series and spin-offs?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iMotb)

The Borg?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (wtvvX)

352 Titan, one of Saturn's moons-
Chemical composition and surface roughness of the lakes:
According to Cassini data, scientists announced on February 13, 2008, that Titan hosts within its polar lakes "hundreds of times more natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth." The desert sand dunes along the equator, while devoid of open liquid, nonetheless hold more organics than all of Earth's coal reserves. It has been estimated that the visible lakes and seas of Titan contain about 300 times the volume of Earth's proven oil reserves.
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Of course, the challenge is getting all them tasty hydrocarbons back to Earth. In the novelization of the movie Alien, the Nostromo was hauling a cargo of hydrocarbons back to Earth because we'd run out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ESVrU)

353 You have the template of what works. ST:TOS, ST:TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, hell, you could take themes from Babylon 5 and Firefly.

And yet they still make garbage that no one wants to watch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (XV/Pl)

354 Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst)


No idea. I just happened to notice it and Mrs D said was it was a thing in Hollywood among A-listers to try and get a shot on Star Trek.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (2WIwB)

355 Speaking of franchises, is South Park now committing suicide since that mega-contract was signed? I quit watching this season because its one-trick pony of TDS appears to be stomping all over the screen. They've just evolved into the same stale glidepath like SNL did after Lorne Michaels matured or The Simpsons in the age of Covid. Anything "revolutionary" eventually embraces the Liberal Borg.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (gLikB)

356 338 Able were you ere you watched Elba.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)

357 Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst)


Mary Jo Slater was a casting director, and, I believe, got him his first role opposite Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose.

Posted by: Space Wakandans, Vaccine Nazis at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (fjo1b)

358 Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no.

I think his worldview is 1878 cowboy, so kinda conservative but not as we would understand it today.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (PYyV9)

359 Mary Jo Slater was a casting director, and, I believe, got him his first role opposite Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose.


I love Slater but man he was out of his league on that

I loved the book but .. well Connery wasn't great either. it was just a so-so adaptation

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (emBoF)

360 Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/)

If it's any comfort, Gayboss's knowledge of Oscar Wilde is about as accurate as my knowledge of Voltaire, who I believe once said, "DEI trainers can fuck right off!"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (nbLIj)

361 347 340 Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits.

They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU)

It's all the same shit. Cosplay dorks/Theater Kids hanging at the coffee shop and hooking up.

Because none of these people ever grew up past high school.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (6Uni

A touch indelicate, but fair.

Posted by: Bill "The Butcher" Cutting at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (TbWk/)

362 While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role.

Watch Copland. And Rocky.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (PYyV9)
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Or First Blood for that matter.

The thing about Stallone is that he had acting chops. But you have to be able to differentiate his normal movies from his exploitation sequels.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (Q4cxx)

363 Who's sorry now?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (YlWIZ)

364 Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc)

365 I forgot Deep Space Nine.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)

366 I'm rewatching Victoria right now. It's glorious! Jenna Coleman is perfectly cast.

I'm still slogging through the last episodes of Sandman. But Jenna's take on Joanna Constantine was one of the few bright glittering gems in that show. It's fun to see her in the lead in Victoria, where she truly gets to shine.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (gWBY1)

367 Nood - more retardation from Mayor Jacob Frey.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (9Ovst)

368 Christian Slater was kind of a nepo baby but he was genuinely talented, not sure what happened to his career.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9)

369 The Borg?

Prepare to be assimilated!

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (qFwJc)

370 nood


Mayor

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (3uBP9)

371 And yet they still make garbage that no one wants to watch.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (XV/Pl)

Because they do not care about the show. The show is merely a vector for them to sell their message: communism. This is not speculation, Kurtzman has openly stated that that is what he sees Dtar Grek as. Evidently this new show is very communist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

372 email subject: Limited-Time Travel Packages Await at Costco Travel

I definitely want more info.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (2ap+5)

373 The scene in Rocky where he berates Mick is really good.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (DgMqy)

374 If you have a chance, watch Andor. Next to Lonesome Dove, it's the best writing I've ever seen.

I don't have HBO, so I never watched Game of Thrones, so I can't compare it, but Andor is amazing.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F)

375 Speaking of franchises, is South Park now committing suicide since that mega-contract was signed? I quit watching this season because its one-trick pony of TDS appears to be stomping all over the screen. They've just evolved into the same stale glidepath like SNL did after Lorne Michaels matured or The Simpsons in the age of Covid. Anything "revolutionary" eventually embraces the Liberal Borg.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (gLikB)
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Unless it was AI generated, I saw a clip where they seem to be really going after the anti-ICE hysteria.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (Q4cxx)

376 The thing about Stallone is that he had acting chops. But you have to be able to differentiate his normal movies from his exploitation sequels.
Posted by: Axeman


He was pretty good in Copland.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (mlg/3)

377 364 Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc)

That makes zero sense when you consider the most reliably left-wing demographic in the US presently is young women.

Posted by: Don't even need TikTok to tell you that at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

378 345 I enjoyed Bad Monkey as well.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Q0yOR)

379 19 Ainsley Norris nails it: "Using a plural pronoun for one person is just kind of incorrect."

They misspelled retarded.
Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (GUOwU)

Menuez has a wide range of films and TV shows under their belt, including one film "I love Dick".

Huh.... you don't say.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (N39Ws)

380 Starfleet Academy - To Boldly Scold Where No Ma'am Has Scolded Before

BTW, I don't think the wife on Landman is an AWFL. I just think she is emotionally needy, entitled and hot as a firecracker. But she is not really political at all. She is more of a trophy wife type who really just wants to be loved.

I also like that the dimwitted daughter is beating everyone at her college. She got the best of the admissions officer, and now her roommate. My wife absolutely loves this show, and so do I.

There is also a gorgeous, high-strung, millennial, left leaning lawyer who gets converted by some Australian dick.

Boobs and truth are back baby!!!

Posted by: Thatch at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (yPQ4x)

381 Oh, and I saw the Firefly mention..

Watching Outlaw Star. Did not realize how much Joss Whedon stole from Outlaw Star to make Firefly! They could have sued him, it's so much.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (gWBY1)

382 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."

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So spread 'em!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (L/fGl)

383 That is not Star Trek. Star Trek is TOS.

That is all.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, I used to call TNG "The Love Boat" because it was nothing like a military vessel.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (asFox)

384 364 Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc)

That makes zero sense when you consider the most reliably left-wing demographic in the US presently is young women.
Posted by: Don't even need TikTok to tell you that at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

My sister was smart enough to discard liberal principles if they affected her life. She'd talk the talk and chase riff raff off her lawn in DC with a broom.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (asFox)

385 "Landman" is a great show. The writers deserve a bonus, as do Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph.

Posted by: timactual at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (krsvl)

386
"depends on your proximity to the fart"


I'm dyin' here.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (y9nCu)

387 Of course, the challenge is getting all them tasty hydrocarbons back to Earth. In the novelization of the movie Alien, the Nostromo was hauling a cargo of hydrocarbons back to Earth because we'd run out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ESVrU)

It would be far cheaper to make hydrocarbons from CO2 and water than it would be to haul them from Titan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (8zz6B)

388 Look at the demeanor difference between the two roommates. One is happy, friendly, carefree, positive, healthy looking,.. the other is dour, mean, depressed, sickly, and complicated.

It the difference between being what you naturally are, and what society is telling you to BE. The person being told what to be is unhappy, the person being what she is, is not.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (tV890)

389 By the by, the star fleet academy show is set in a future where the federation (the U.S.) has collapsed, and they are re-establishing a new future. With very ...progressive ideals.

More or less a communist wet dream.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (tV890)

390 They missed the chance to have the roommate be grossly obese.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (tV890)

391 I just saw the only Star Trek: Starfleet Academy I'll ever see

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (RIvkX)

392 "Dirty Sanchez and The Rusty Tromboners" is the new show I am going to pitch. I bet it will be Wokefleet Asscademy.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (xvV+O)

393 bonhomme: "The struggle session lesbian in the Trek clip is Tig Notaro. She's supposedly a comedian."

I actually watched about 30 minutes of a Tig Notaro "comedy" special one time. She told one barely funny half-joke about being a 40 y.o. woman with an A cup who still gets breast cancer. It was literally the most boring stand-up routine I have ever watched in my life. Notaro is proof that Hollywood is no meritocracy, and doesn't even attempt to be one.

Posted by: A Git Or Not at January 16, 2026 12:35 AM (Z1N5b)

394 I am actually glad to read this weblog posts which includes plenty of useful facts, thanks for providing these data.

Posted by: TR88 at January 16, 2026 01:29 PM (Etqmz)

395 "In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio."

I think they meant "fagship."

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 16, 2026 03:55 PM (H4qGm)

Trump: "I Don't Think We Need" Antisemites in the GOP

Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens hardest hit.

Or are they? Carlson and Owens barely pretend to be Trump supporters, and Nick Fuentes urged his "Groyper" followers to vote for Kamala Harris.

"Grandma Groyper" Megyn Kelly, meanwhile, just supports whatever position she thinks is hot with the TikTok generation this week.

President Trump had a resounding no for any antisemites claiming to be part of the Republican Party or his MAGA movement.

"I think we don't need them," he told The New York Times in an interview. "I think we don't like them."

His comments, made in a Wednesday interview but published on Sunday, came after a series of high profile ultra-conservative figures have made controversial comments about the Jewish people and antisemitic speech has split Republicans.

Trump said: "I condemn" antisemitism.

He said he's an ally of Israel and was awarded its Israel Prize, considered the country's highest honor.

...

"My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish," he said. "I'm very proud of them. I'm very proud of the whole, that whole family. I am the least antisemitic person probably there is anywhere in the world."

But the Republican Party has been roiled by series controversies that have garnered wide-spread public attention.

A group of young Republican leaders, in the fall, were revealed to praise Adolf Hitler in a series of chat groups.

And the Heritage Foundation, a premier conservative think tank in Washington DC, was roiled by a staff outcry after President Kevin Roberts defended a far-right figure who made anti-semitic remarks.

Roberts sparked the wave of resignations among the think tank after defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his platform.

Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson argues that Russia would be within its rights to nuke Germany and UK over peevishness that their invasion of Ukraine was slowed down.

As you consider this claim, recall that Tucker Carlson recently attacked the US for having dropped two nukes on Japan during WWII, once again using his (claimed) religion to justify his position.

You see, it was "demonic" for the US to use nukes.

But for his Russian friends? It's justifiable.

Tucker Carlson has described nuclear weapons as "demonic" and "prima facie evil," questioning the moral justification for the atomic bombings of Japan on civilians
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His specific comments on the issue include:

"Demonic" forces and no upside: In a November 2024 discussion, Carlson stated that nuclear weapons are "demonic, there's no upside to them at all," and suggested that the forces involved in their creation "were not human forces obviously".

"Prima facie evil": During an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in early 2024, Carlson argued that it is "wrong to drop nuclear weapons on people" and labeled the act of defending the use of atomic bombs on civilians as "prima facie evil".

Questioning historical justification: He has questioned the common argument that the bombings saved lives by preventing a mainland invasion of Japan, suggesting this justification is a "mindless and childish intellectual exercise".


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Posted by: front toward enemy at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (TIizU)

2 BLADE TO THE FRONT

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

3 Finally. I think for a while Trump felt that it went without saying, but now it needs saying. Anyone who's bothered by this - go suck off Mamdami, that's where you belong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (uWKK8)

4 I'll take the under on whatever the odds are that the Dems stop calling Trump an antisemite.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Q4cxx)

5 Sixthish

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (ofJjy)

6 I though that there were "good people on both sides."

/s

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (dK+Kv)

7 I am the most shocked at Megyn Kelly. She must really need the grift.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (IifOV)

8 Good. We need a big tent, but not THAT big of a tent.

I'd also prefer that we don't have KKK people.

They were (are?) Anti-semites too!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:30 PM (zjgNU)

9 Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism. The bleach and botox rotted out her brain.

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)

10 Trump lifted just one finger and . . .

Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (L/fGl)

11 "Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens hardest hit."

Nah, I think they're laughing all the way to the bank. This is performance art for them.

The more outrageous things they say, the more clicks and money they make. Sucker, Dick, and Candass are also getting direct payments from anti-Israel sources. Me-gain is probably taking bribes as well.

This is why even though they should be called out, I don't like talking about these parasites, because it only increases their exposure -- which is exactly what they want. There's no such thing as bad PR in their world.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

12 Most of the Jew Hate crowd are opposed to and attacking Trump anyway. I'd say they all are but I really don't pay that close attention to any of them.

The key here is to not consider everyone called antisemite to actually BE one. For example, it is perfectly fine to criticize Israel if they do something stupid (shooting a church with a tank) or something wrong (attacking USS Liberty). The difference is, are you saying "they did this thing wrong" or are you saying "those Jews did it again in their usual Jooey way!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9)

13 It's an op

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (gGWDB)

14 Maybe Candice's Jewish time travelers got to Trump.

Posted by: banana Dream - Dokter Ven? at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (3uBP9)

15 My current assessment is thus:

Nick Fuentes..... Intelligence Asset
Tucker Carlson....wanna be Intelligence asset (and probably was one on a specific project at one time)
Candace Owens.....attention whore
Megyn Kelly....desperate to remain relevant

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (dIske)

16 Even while I liked Tucker, I often saw that he was an unbalanced rhetorician.

He's been a bit erratic in the past. Overstating cases that could be said more reasonably. But now he seems to be doubling down on his last overreaction too much.

I was a big fan of his TV show. That does not mean that some of the things he said didn't make me cringe. That doesn't mean that I thought he was too placative of Greenwald and some other helpful liberals.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (Q4cxx)

17 If IGTD were still here, he'd sit this one out...and then sneak back in Saturday to pretend he didn't know better.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (TN0g+)

18 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (Tqk3M)

19 Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.

But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so…

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)

20 It’s our damn tent. We say.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (o2ZRX)

21 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

My guess is that its Ford Motor Company policy not to yell insults at the visiting VIPs, especially if you call them a pedo.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9)

22 Dividing MAGA from the Left didn't work so now it's a try from the Fake Right

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (gGWDB)

23 Worst. Nazi. Ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (L/fGl)

24 Yeah I thought Megyn was a stand-up person
what happened

disclaimer: I don't own a TV

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxPkt)

25 There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side. They just can't let the Jewish people realize that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s)

26 People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

27 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

28 Cucker Tarlson is another long time media whore like Me Again and Candace Ovens. And they gravitate toward what gets them paid. There is no honesty and principle in them other than the search for more money and attention.

Look at how Bo-Jo, another former journalist, behaved in office as an example of a media type actually having to grapple with policy. Botched it so thoroughly that his own party dumped his ass for his perpetual lying, self pity, and bloviating one thing while doing another.

Expecting them to be otherwise is to forget our current media types.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (WDjG6)

29 I need another cup of coffee.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (yag1U)

30 Tucker wearing leather lederhosen while hanging out with the SA. Wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (Oql3v)

31 "My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish"

My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk)

32 Even while I liked Tucker, I often saw that he was an unbalanced rhetorician.

Yeah, its been a consistent theme here: "I don't trust Tucker and think he's weird, but I like what he did when he did something right."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (PYyV9)

33 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

The world is cray-cray.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (SRRAx)

34 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

His Antifa GoFundMe is already at half a million dollars.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

35 >>> Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.

But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so…
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)



I really liked his Roman/Fantasy crossover books. A bit of a nutter though yes.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (3uBP9)

36 I don't believe Tucker used to be pro Nazi, Russian militarism anti-Semite, etc.

Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?

Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (HlyYF)

37 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?

...I would be very upset.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (PYyV9)

38 In a perverse sort of way, it's entertaining to watch a bunch of "influencers" lose their fucking minds live.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (U2OZr)

39 I saw Crosby Stills and Nash open up for Sucker, Dick and Candace in 74

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (gGWDB)

40 >>>You see, it was "demonic" for the US to use nukes.
But for his Russian friends? It's justifiable.

Well, I know from commenters on this here blog the correct answer is to Nuke Russia because Russia.
Because also Russia opposes the Azov Battalion dominated Ukrainian state.

I love simple answers.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR)

41 26 People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.
Posted by: mrp
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I think all of them have substantial audiences outside the US where their fairy tale bullshit resonates with people that don't know any better in Canada, UK, Muzzie land, etc.

X becoming the number one new source in a lot of these countries is what is driving fearful reprisals by governments--it is not controlled opposition.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (WDjG6)

42 Tucker Carlson has described nuclear weapons as "demonic" and "prima facie evil," questioning the moral justification for the atomic bombings of Japan on civilians

>>>>>

I hate stupid people like this.

BOTH cities had significant military production and presence. They were legitimate military targets.

MORESO, we killed fewer people in Hiroshima than our conventional bombing of Tokyo. Nagasaki was bigger, but still within the same realm of casualties of a major city.

EVEN MORESO, we saved Japanese lives by bombing those cities. Their fanatical military would have insisted on fighting to the last man, woman, and child and kill as many US Servicemen (USAGI) as they could. (Which is the more pertinent statistic, but these evil people would have been fine with 1M+ Americans dead if we just didn't drop those evil bombs!)

It was the greatest act of mercy the US could have done to stop Japan from fighting to the end.

/rant off

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (zjgNU)

43 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.
You discredit your argument when you tar someone who doesn’t cheer loud enough for your side.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (jbnUc)

44 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

And apparently just made about $800, 000 through a go fund me for calling the President a pedo protector.

.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rZCVI)

45 Tuckers cheese does appear to have slid off his cracker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

46 In a perverse sort of way, it's entertaining to watch a bunch of "influencers" lose their fucking minds live.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (U2OZr)
===

"Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" >> "Watch me turn my coat in front of your eyes!"

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (rj6Yv)

47 Hello, Horde!

*waves southeast to the wee one*

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (PYyV9)

48 Illiniwek, Jews don’t encourage conversion to their faith (from what I’ve read), but they do allow it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

49 a series of high profile ultra-conservative figures have made controversial comments about the Jewish people and antisemitic speech
-
"ultra-conservative" is some excellent gaslighting there.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (vSvIl)

50 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?

I would .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (rZCVI)

51 I thought Megyn was just annoying, not antisemitic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)

52 Congress is catching up with me.

Hillary Clinton to be Held in Contempt of Congress

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (L/fGl)

53 His laugh came from vocal cords transplant. All gay pandas laugh the same way.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (EyfuW)

54 You know what, the question "what happened to Tucker" is irrelevant. Why is it relevant ? Maybe he was always like that - look at his brother. We are NOT his family or his friends. We were presented a media avatar. Who cares. I don't care , and you should not either. Go by what we have. Believe your eyes and ears.

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

55 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.

She has been a cheerleader for Nick Fuentes lately

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (PYyV9)

56 I hope the DHS and DOJ are tracking the assholes who are going start a fight

@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3)

57 My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk)
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Let's consult Walter Sobchak on this.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (X4XpB)

58 "My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish"

My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk)
________

Descends down the mothers' line. Jewish mother? You are Jewish. Jewish father? Depends on the mother. Which is why you see kids with very Jewish names because of the father but who are Christian because the mother is.

Anyone can convert and as long as it's serious, I believe that person is considered as much a Jew as any other Jew. Maybe even more so, because he or she chose it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)

59 Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism. The bleach and botox rotted out her brain.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)

Well, they are.

No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU)

60 Anti-dentites are still cool though, right?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (2vYWT)

61 35 >>> Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.

But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so…
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)



I really liked his Roman/Fantasy crossover books. A bit of a nutter though yes.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Vox is a stone cold smart grifter and that is why he has few if any friends nor long term business colleagues. Smart guy but uses that to his own long term benefits while remaining remarkable vague about shilling for unfriendly countries.

Look at former authors that worked with him and his apparent estrangement from his own family.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (WDjG6)

62 What has Kelly actually said to piss people off? A genuine question; I don't follow her, and really don't know.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (s0JqF)

63 Ill wonder about what I want to wonder about, thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

64 In Tucker Land, Tucker's anus comes prelubed for easy insertion.

Posted by: Big Green and Warty Dildo at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (GlDYx)

65 My guess is that Ford employee was a problem at work already. The heckling just gave management a plausible reason to fire him.

Besides, he now has all of that Go Fund Me money to live off of, right?

Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx)

66 Has anyone talked about ex-musk girl ashly going super lib, attempting to expunge records of any past conservative actions, and is probably going to trans her musk-brood?

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (3uBP9)

67 What Semites?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (B3wdz)

68 Anti-dentites are still cool though, right?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (2vYWT)

Are they the ones against the bad species from the Hellraiser movies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

69 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
Posted by: Ian S.


I would. Too many nice old building there. 'Sides it's not the British people that are the problem. It's the Occupying government that is.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (mlg/3)

70 No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism.

Unfortunately mainstream Judaism went from "Obey God and keep his laws" to "become a positive influence for the world and promote progressive values" so they can get into some really stupid positions.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (PYyV9)

71 Like half the "Republican" party Megyn Kelly would watch the Left put you in a mass grave if it made her a thin dime.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (gGWDB)

72 Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism.

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)
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Don't you think that some of the comments on this blog represent a scenario that blacks earn their racist stereotypes?

I mean, I try to give grace as much as I can, which is why I don't call people out on it every time I suspect it--and I'm not one to "call people out" based on what I think, for the most part, anyway.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (Q4cxx)

73 Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx)

Well..He's made 800 thousand on GoFundMe...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (VE6XX)

74 The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the deaths of 2,403 Americans, including military personnel and civilians. Additionally, 1,178 others were wounded during the attack.

Yeah, it was necessary.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (NpAcC)

75
"Demonic" forces and no upside: In a November 2024 discussion, Carlson stated that nuclear weapons are "demonic, there's no upside to them at all," and suggested that the forces involved in their creation "were not human forces obviously".



Speaking of demonic: Bombing of Shanghai, Rape of Nanking, Bataan Death March, Unit 731, Rape of Manila, Banzai Cliff on Saipan, Human Shields on Okinawa, 20 Million dead Chinese, slaughters in ways that would make a Ukranian Nazi death camp guard puke etc etc.

Imperial Japan got what they deserved, and they were lucky that we only nuked them twice.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (y9nCu)

76 Vox Day's dad was actually sent to the big house for grifting. I guess genetics is real.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (gKWVE)

77 >> mindless and childish intellectual exercise".

Really? Almost 13,000 men died taking Okinawa alone. Well over 100,000 in the Pacific Campaign.

Okinawa is only one island. The mainland would have been much more.

Carlson has represented himself for far to long as some type of deep thinking intellectual. He’s nothing of the sort, especially when he doesn’t like the fact and launches into his “I’m just asking questions” sophism.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (wn0/z)

78
I see a whole lot of lot of calculated distractions here. An ecosystem of distracting propagandists that's grown rapidly, like the life around one of those deep ocean hot sulfide vents. It's enemy action, intended to blunt and divert the effort to fix things, funded by people who benefit from not fixing things.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (azNOR)

79 It is a truism in international affairs that we have no permanent allies, only permanent interests. I guess the UK proved that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (L/fGl)

80 Like half the "Republican" party Megyn Kelly would watch the Left put you in a mass grave if it made her a thin dime.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (gGWDB)

Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

81 The People in Britain Minor eat potatochip sandwiches. Crisps.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (B3wdz)

82 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?

...I would be very upset.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (PYyV9)

What if it was just London, allowing Britain to re-Britainize?

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl)

83 @66 I'd bet that Ashley woman is threatening to trans Elon's kid to get more $ from Elon. She seems to be a low rent grifter

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (Oql3v)

84 No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism.

===

awfully quiet now that Islamic Regime's communications of are either cut off or very closely monitored

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (g47mK)

85 My guess is that Ford employee was a problem at work already. The heckling just gave management a plausible reason to fire him.

Besides, he now has all of that Go Fund Me money to live off of, right?

Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx)
_____

I think GFM is mostly just more money laundering. Do we really believe that some rando moron collected almost a million bucks from "real" people donating their own money in a few days because he was fired for heckling Trump? Come on now. This was money laundered through GFM and will be kicked back in part to the launderers. Everything is a scam. Everything.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

86 19 Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.

But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so…
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)
_______
Well, we could have won without either nuking or invading. We were in a position to starve them into cannibalism. It'd have been ugly. And there was a problem with what they'd have done to the prisoners in their hands.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (s0JqF)

87 I don't believe Tucker used to be pro Nazi, Russian militarism anti-Semite, etc.

Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?

Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM


He got famous and it went to his head and he let the mask slip off thinking he was famous enough to get away with garbae like the antisemitism. Same thing happened to howard stern. He was a reasonable non political shock jock when he had his radio show in NYC that was just in it for the shock value and the ratings.


stern would call Trump on a weekly basis just to get Trump on his radio show to talk about various stuff, he loved him back then. Once his radio show took off and he landed that satellite radio multi million $$$ gig he lost his mind with fame and went woke.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (0N4FZ)

88 As Aaron Rogers said before igniting his team's playoff run -- that ended abruptly in the first round -- You people need to relax.

Going nuts over an infotainment podcaster's latest hot take isn't worth the agita. Yet here we go again.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (wBaIH)

89 43 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.
You discredit your argument when you tar someone who doesn’t cheer loud enough for your side.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Remember her Fox and NBC stints. Pepperidge Farms does. She was fully an adult when she acted that way and her behavior on the Me Too is another clue. So like Tucker, didn't give a shit about her then, still don't now. Media types are whores with their own version of Only Fans while wearing clothes. Hannity tick tock, Only Fans on Fox, etc. etc. O'Reilly, Only Fans for outrage types, etc. They do performance art to their audience to keep them entranced and coming back for more.

To become big, you take the ticket, and then the ticket takes your soul.

The ones that are minor doing their job types and never getting the limelight are the ones that you can trust slightly more than the rest.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (WDjG6)

90 If you think about it, one of the key indicators of "bad group" is being antisemitic. So for me, no matter what else they say, if they go there, from then on I am suspicious

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (Mh1sS)

91 55 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.

She has been a cheerleader for Nick Fuentes lately

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM

You lay down with dogs, you get the fleas.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (IifOV)

92 The three perps that beat the hell out of the ICE agent last night are illegal aliens from Venezuela. This is also known as being a Maryland Man which as we all know is identical to being a US citizen. This is what the Democrats are defending.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (HTCU3)

93 You can't argue that there haven't been Jewish crimes against humanity.

youtube.com/watch?v=eYmZOycc5cw

Posted by: Levitch Sings Dylan at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2)

94 @Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3)


They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx)

95 I think Tucker, Owens, Fuentes, Kelly, etc. are all part of a big circle jerk making bank on stupid and impressionable semi-conservatives who follow them. It's really no different than the idiots who swear by the nutters on The View, CNN, NYT or another leftist mouthpiece.

"Impressionable" As in very uncurious and willing to take what's said at face value. Simply because it's Tucker, Owens, Fuentes, Kelly, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (U2OZr)

96 Don't you think that some of the comments on this blog represent a scenario that blacks earn their racist stereotypes?

The thing is, that's acting like the behavior of a small portion of the black population represents the whole of it. Like, claiming all white people are line dancing three tooth hicks because some are in Corral City, Texas.

Its a larger percentage of fatiguers than most other groups, admittedly, but still the minority by a large margin. Its just the black people who are not knuckleheaded fools don't get any media attention, music, or entertainment portrayals except in rare occasions. You get a constant portrayal of every black person being the inner city gang banging graffiti artist who fires his gun sideways.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (PYyV9)

97 Yeah, it was necessary.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (NpAcC)
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IJN forces racked up the score a few hours later in the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)

98 BTW the numbers of dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki go up every year. There are so many incredulous, unverified numbers it’s ridiculous.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 02:44 PM (wn0/z)

99 I just want to let you Jew-haters know that you'll always have a home in the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (0e5Te)

100 I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.

Now that's he's unchained he's letting his freak flag fly but I doubt he became this unhinged overnight.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m)

101 Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I rate them about the same. Both mouth the right things at times while shoveling money into their knapsack but I would not depend on either of them in a tight spot.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6)

102 My understanding is that if your mother is Jewish, you are Jewish.
You can also convert, as you can with any belief system.
I had a school friend who converted from Catholicism to Judaism when she married, and she and her husband raised their kids in the Jewish tradition and practice.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (enw9G)

103 Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?

Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money?


Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)

104 Rude behavior. Won't tolerate it.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (EyfuW)

105 Either that or siege warfare. Neither is that much fun.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (B3wdz)

106 Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

107
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)

108 I don't know what to think about all this. Or better said, I don't know what happened to these people.Two years ago, they all seemed pretty sane, right?

This is why I'm mostly doing things like decluttering closets and de-Christmasing my house instead of following what's going on. I just can't keep up.

Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (79pEw)

109 106 Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

And the bike

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)

110 Unfortunately mainstream Judaism went from "Obey God and keep his laws" to "become a positive influence for the world and promote progressive values" so they can get into some really stupid positions.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (PYyV9)
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They also don't observe ritual sacrifice like was a central part of pre-Christian Judaism.

See, Christians keep alive the meaning of sacrifice. Weekly or Monthly, we have a ritual asserting the value of the "spotless lamb". Jews act like it was never that much a part of it. But Christians kept the centrality of the "temple sacrifice". Some people view that as the barbaric part of Christianity that refuses to move with the times.

But that still makes Christianity an argument for the more central continuation of the Yahwistic tradition. As opposed to those that "progressed". The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (Q4cxx)

111 Or are they? Carlson and Owens barely pretend to be Trump supporters, and Nick Fuentes urged his "Groyper" followers to vote for Kamala Harris.

======

He said he was going to Michigan in September of 2024 to campaign against Trump.

He didn't go because, he said, he was afraid of Vance's security detail killing him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

112 Yes, it's through the mother. I had a friend in HS, named Shapiro. His father was Jewish, his mother Episcopalian. His sister was in my confirmation class; he had to take steps to convert.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (s0JqF)

113 You can get a pretty good idea of what is spooking rightwing Jews, by what is most often denied.

Young Jews and young evangelistic Christians are now significantly less supportive of the state of Israel, especially under the current leadership

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (+nyA/)

114 Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (B3wdz)

115 Chuck Dixon breaks down the invasion of Japan in extremely brutal, horrific detail. Basically it would be door-to-door fighting across the entire nation and the Japanese were determined to die to the last man woman and child for the Emperor. We'd have won, eventually, at horrendous casualties, but the Japanese culture would have been just about obliterated and the Japanese dead would have been many multiples of the atomic bomb casualties.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (PYyV9)

116 Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?

It was the bow tie. It's the Orville Redenbacher effect.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (IifOV)

117 BTW the numbers of dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki go up every year. There are so many incredulous, unverified numbers it’s ridiculous.
Posted by: Marcus T


Like all those in the French Resistance.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (FzgDV)

118 Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

I don't do collective opinions!

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (gGWDB)

119 bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (79pEw)

I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e)

120 Europeans are kinda dicks. I more open to them getting nuked than I used to be. Al least then they may finally shut up about global warming.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (fA38o)

121 I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m)
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Wow.

Because so many other people stepped up and showed J6 footage.

Carlson was a sacrificial lamb in the Dominion surrender.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (Q4cxx)

122 100 I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.

Now that's he's unchained he's letting his freak flag fly but I doubt he became this unhinged overnight.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Fox is a network that relies on its version of Only Fans presenters dance only to the Murdoch's tunes. Cucker had to be sacrificed for the Dominion lawsuit sham involving Murdochs colluding with Dominion to work. Remember the trigger for the shutdown of counting was Fox's own deep Dem shill that ran the prediction desk then and still does. The Murdochs, as globalists, were in on Biden's steal.

Noticeably Cucker was not that upset as he already saw his next grift and the notoriety of being a 'true standup guy' for the Right made it an easy transition to podcasting.

Anyone expecting virtue in a media type is like expecting chastity from an Only Fans performer.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (WDjG6)

123 @Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks


So he's telling illegals to get the hell out of the city? Man, the racism on that guy...

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (Q7yzj)

124 Pre Christoan Judaism isn't a thing. It wasn't written down yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (B3wdz)

125 >>There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side.


Yeah...no. They are just more comfortable being brazen about it.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (ZcsJV)

126 93 You can't argue that there haven't been Jewish crimes against humanity.

youtube.com/watch?v=eYmZOycc5cw
Posted by: Levitch Sings Dylan at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2)


You owe me a new keyboard....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (SRRAx)

127 But that still makes Christianity an argument for the more central continuation of the Yahwistic tradition. As opposed to those that "progressed". The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered.

Yeah this is why Christians argue that they are the actual ancient Jewish religion, carried on, fulfilled in a savior while current Judaism is a splinter that broke off and forsook their entire heritage and past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (PYyV9)

128 I just saw the last post. I want us to go to that SH country, pilfer every last cent, and then set up long rows of gallows for every traitor that facilitated it.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (HvW4E)

129 I once read about a handful of Japanese that were unfortunate enough to be present at both bombings.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (fA38o)

130 Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)

the great irony is that Bill Maher is becoming more and more reasonable, while Tucker is getting more and more idiotic.

And if you want to talk about Batshit Crazy - Candace's latest theories about Charlie Kirk involve time travel in some fashion. It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (uWKK8)

131 Who here among us wouldn't take $10Million a year to spout horseshit to an uncurious and pliable audience with little risk?

What these people honestly think is unknown to all but themselves. And on that count, I don't give a fuck. I also don't have to listen/watch either. So I don't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (U2OZr)

132 114 Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Yep, former conservative influencer and last baby mama for Elon. Angling for more bucks.

Elon can afford to stick his dick in crazy, most of us would be bankrupted.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (WDjG6)

133 Maybe ... Tucker and Candace are testing the limits of free speech? I don't know what that would get them.

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (SSiCQ)

134 The left is openly anti-Semitic. Jews overwhelmingly vote Democrat. Do with that what you will.

Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (cpys8)

135 I don't have an issue with Megyn Kelly. During the Tucker Shapiro fight she was just trying to keep it civil because she was friends with both, but I think she has dump Shapiro. I think her point about Fuentes was that Tucker had a right to interview whomever he wanted. For that, I ditched the subscription to Tucker's channel. He got weird. I can't even come up with anything nice to say about anyone who runs cover for Candace Owens. She's just a friggin loon.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (BCuCF)

136 "My understanding is that if your mother is Jewish, you are Jewish. You can also convert, as you can with any belief system."

thx for all the comments on this. I can't recall any old testament verses about conversions, but lots of who begat whom verses. I think Jesus had "pure bloodlines" from Mary and even Joseph, though Joseph was not the biological father.

People can "convert to any belief system" in thinking, but even early NT (gospels) there was Jew and Gentile, they (only?) mixed with Christianity, where they became of one body (if they believed).

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (vbXSk)

137 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e)
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I agree, Fen. It's a whirlwind out there.

Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (79pEw)

138 . It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding.
Posted by: Tom Servo


You only get the time machine with Platinum AOS membership.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (gKWVE)

139 I had a school friend who converted from Catholicism to Judaism when she married, and she and her husband raised their kids in the Jewish tradition and practice.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM


Giving up bacon and spare ribs is one heck of a lady committed to the relationship.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (0N4FZ)

140 don't know what to think about all this. Or better said, I don't know what happened to these people.Two years ago, they all seemed pretty sane, right?
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Some people will only be as sane as you pay them to be.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (gGWDB)

141 Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)

During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)

142 Even when I used to like Carlson, I couldn't listen to him. That high-pitched, occasionally screechy voice, and the silly giggle grated on my ears something fierce. Like sitting in a room with an excited kookaburra.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (2L+MU)

143 82 What if it was just London, allowing Britain to re-Britainize?
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl)


There's still Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester,...

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (0bjKf)

144 And speaking of Jews and Israel. What ever happened to the release of those Epstein files videos and pics .
One of the last files I read was about Epstein calling Mar A Lago asking for the underage spa girls to be sent to his house. Of course yes, that did continue after conviction, for about 2 years until something worse than usual happened

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (+nyA/)

145 Maybe ... Tucker and Candace are testing the limits of free speech? I don't know what that would get them.
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (SSiCQ)
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From what I've seen, Candace makes Tucker look completely sane.

Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (79pEw)

146 130 Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)

the great irony is that Bill Maher is becoming more and more reasonable, while Tucker is getting more and more idiotic.

And if you want to talk about Batshit Crazy - Candace's latest theories about Charlie Kirk involve time travel in some fashion. It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Don Henley is a POS human but his Dirty Laundry song has the media nailed.

"Well I could'a been an actor,
But I would up here,
I just have to look good
I don't have to be clear,
Come and whisper in my ear
I need dirty laundry."

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)

147 This has *nothing* to do with some liberal Joos being perturbed about the commies celebrating October 7th, right?

"What did you think decolonization looked like?"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (ULPxl)

148 Stephen A. Fires Back at Jasmine Crockett and Joy Reid: “They Should Be Ashamed”

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Dude, they haven't got a shame gene.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (L/fGl)

149 Europeans are kinda dicks. I more open to them getting nuked than I used to be. Al least then they may finally shut up about global warming.

Here's the thing: Europeans are all Climate Change Cultists. We have a pretty sizable amount of the population that rejects that crap and a much bigger one that is very skeptical. Europeans go from Global Warmening believer to zealot who attacks people who don't believe enough. Its assumed, its part of the cultural consciousness in the same way that we all assume that the sky is blue.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (PYyV9)

150 Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)

Eh, my money is still on mental status change. I never got the drifter gut feeling from Tucker. Now, my gut has been wrong before, but that was a mental status change/drugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (zZu0s)

151 He said he was going to Michigan in September of 2024 to campaign against Trump.

He didn't go because, he said, he was afraid of Vance's security detail killing him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (GBKbO)
******
Tucker Carlson’s son, Buckley is the Press Secretary for JD Vance.

JD needs to be very careful.
Buckley's father seems to have an odd affection for Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC)

152 I think they were far to lenient on Japan after WW2. They ate the elder Bush's squadron.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (B3wdz)

153 "Well, we don't need antisemites in the GOP, but do we want them?"

-- GOP homos

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

154 I don’t see any specific comments from Kelly.
Either you don’t like her for some other reason or you’re just taking someone else’s interpretation of what she said.

Be careful drawing a line a demonizing everyone outside it. Watch the democrats for their track record with that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (jbnUc)

155 Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)

During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone.

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Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (sX1BW)

156 He got famous and it went to his head and he let the mask slip off thinking he was famous enough to get away with garbae like the antisemitism.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM


Excellent point.

I know a few famous people, people that grew up as top-level athletes, children of wealthy people, etc.

Lots of them were absolute a$$holes that believed their own BS, because they went many, many years without anyone ever pointing out their errors, personal authoritarianism, etc.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (HlyYF)

157 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.

There's only one bit of news that matters....

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (gGWDB)

158 "Like sitting in a room with a excited kookaburra."

A male one, right?

Posted by: Hugh Jackman at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (0e5Te)

159 >>> 94 @Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3)

They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx)

LOL

Let them get wound up, give them a few days to go full timwalz, and when the meth wears off and they go back home *then* you send the ICEberg.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (ULPxl)

160 The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (fA38o)

161 Dod they really have 6 more nukes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (B3wdz)

162 Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (B3wdz)

I think Ashley was the newest baby momma. A 'con' influencer chick. Never heard of her myself until he knocked her up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)

163 136 Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)

164 109 106 Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

And the bike -
It's me donna


And the minimalist photography.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (2L+MU)

165 >>Because so many other people stepped up and showed J6 footage.


Nonsense. It was shown everywhere. I didn't see it on Fox yet I managed to see it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

166 Eh, my money is still on mental status change. I never got the drifter gut feeling from Tucker.

He started out pretty centrist lefty early in his career and "evolved" to be conservative, then "evolved" into modern nutjar

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (PYyV9)

167 151 Tucker Carlson’s son, Buckley is the Press Secretary for JD Vance.

JD needs to be very careful.
Buckley's father seems to have an odd affection for Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC)

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My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am.

This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit.

Combine that with some "sources say" stories about behind the scenes discussions, and I just see a bunch of nonsensical fools looking for smoke, knowing a fire is somewhere round these parts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

168 154 agreed. I listen and watch Megyn Kelly and she has been pretty rational the last few years. She's just trying to straddle a line between conservative insiders that apparently want to be king of the mountain for awhile.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (BCuCF)

169 Tokyo wasn't targeted because after the firebombing it wasn't necessary.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (B3wdz)

170 >>The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time.


And neither would have been necessary if the Japanese didn't turn their entire population into the War Manufacturing Base.

We would have just bombed their factories and rail systems. But, they were using the whole populus to assemble weapons.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (ZcsJV)

171 Yeah...no. They are just more comfortable being brazen about it.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (ZcsJV)

Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s)

172 Yeah this is why Christians argue that they are the actual ancient Jewish religion, carried on, fulfilled in a savior while current Judaism is a splinter that broke off and forsook their entire heritage and past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (PYyV9)
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I learned by watching a series by an ex-Jewish Rabbi and scholar, turned Messianic Rabbi and scholar things I never expected to learn from my original dabbling in Christianity.

I had placidly accepted the idea that Judaism simply continued on, only difference was that they didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah.

However, long-standing doctrines of Biblical interpretation were changed because they were too effective for Christian evangelists. Thus, Christianity was carried forth with these long-standing pre-Christian interpretations of scripture. And the Teachers of the Law simply discontinued and forbade them.

Let me repeat that this is 180-degrees from my initial tacit expectations.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (Q4cxx)

173 They're both hustling madly for

FAME!
They're gonna live forever
They're gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
They feel it coming together
People will see them and cry
(Fame!)
They're gonna make it to heaven

--well, maybe not that ...

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (SSiCQ)

174 160 The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time. - sniffybigtoe

Like Dresden.

Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (2L+MU)

175 Even after Megyn Kelly slunk back to our side after the left canceled her, and after she called out Trump's Rosie comment about being a pig at the debate, I've never trusted her. Wanted to, but never got to Reagan's "trust but verify" moment with her. Sad to be proven right.

However, Megyn is mentoring and building up some GREAT talent in her new media empire. Link Lauren might be my fave, he's a gay Draco Malfoy lookalike with a Texas accent. Very funny.

And Maureen calls out celeb bad actors and does deep dives into psychology that I love. Her recurring pool of talent is great; the guy from Brooklyn just did a great deep dive on what's going on with Tom Brady and Traves Kelce.

So if megyn turns out to be ridiculous but helps millennial and gen z conservatives find their way and their audience, I can't totally throw her out with the bathwater. Yet.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (gWBY1)

176 Yep, make Tucker live up to his own book of rules.
Make HIM refute it.
It is the only way to get back to civil discourse. He is just the start for those sorts of people. Piss him off so he attacks us.

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. That will win the day for us.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (rbvCR)

177 Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)

During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone.

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Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (sX1BW)
________

It's popular in Philippines to trace the steps of the Death March. Even people in excellent health, with plenty of food and water, with modern clothes and athletic shoes, have a very hard time walking the entire route. Very few can do the whole thing. It's incredible that any of the prisoners made it that far in the condition they were in.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

178 >>Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism?


I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV)

179 Speaking of Antisemites: Fox new is reporting that Units of the Luftwaffe have been deployed to Greenland!

Posted by: DOGGFISH at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (Ipeki)

180 The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them.

There is this shared assumption that nuclear weapons are worse than anything else, and someone dying to an atom bomb is worse than from a regular bomb. Its ridiculous. People seem to think we're playing Defender and fire off Smart Bombs that only harm the bad guys. That 1000 pound bomb with TNT blew up babies and widows and old men in wheelchairs just as much as it did soldiers. The buildings damaged by bombs collapsed on families and SS officers equally.

The only difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic/nuclear one is the size of destruction. Instead of dropping 2,700 tons of bombs on Dresden, we could drop one Atomic bomb but ultimately the results are the same.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (PYyV9)

181 157
Half the news is lies.
The other half is made up.
The rest

Math error!

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (SSiCQ)

182 Were the nukes necessary? I say yes.

Posted by: Gojira at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (0e5Te)

183 UN Cirque de Soleil is up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (B3wdz)

184 The left uses people like Fuentes to tarnish all right leaning figures.

Which I assume is why they are paying him.

And here's the funny thing, even when I go to areas where his ideas have some support like say the ZH comments section the people there still don't like him...which tells me he is 100% astroturf

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

185 I would not trust Tucker's kid due to "Buckley". I don't trust Saxby or Muhammed either.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (cS1cw)

186 And yes, we need more nukes, some of the ones we have are quite old and I question if they'd even go off.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (PYyV9)

187 157 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.

There's only one bit of news that matters....
Posted by: ...
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Yep, I prefer written sources because I read a lot faster than I can bear to listen to someone's spiel.

It is always harder and more exhausting, like in court, to actively listen for the false notes, the subtle inconsistencies, and the jumps in logic. In a written document, it is child's play. Because you can reread it over and over again while most people never have the patience to actually watch a video over and over again to pick up these.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (WDjG6)

188 The UN suffers from divershitty.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (B3wdz)

189 I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV)

Really. No snark, but i have never seen this. It always amazes me when people have these kinds of things (or any form of racism) it's like I am living in a completely different world.

So, if you think that all of your allies are racists, why be a part of it? Why not 'a pox on all your houses' and take your football and go home?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s)

190 184 The left uses people like Fuentes to tarnish all right leaning figures.

Which I assume is why they are paying him.

And here's the funny thing, even when I go to areas where his ideas have some support like say the ZH comments section the people there still don't like him...which tells me he is 100% astroturf

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

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"This progressive who hates Trump, told his listeners to vote for Kamala, and endlessly talks about how awesome Gavin Newsom is is a real detriment to the conservatives because he likes Nazis."
-logic

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

191 Ammo inventory complete.
Dang. I'm low on 5.56 and .380.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

192 Joo hate is an easy organizing principle for any incipient or insurgent political movement.

Very malleable and infinitely fantasical.

Like this Patagonia theory Matt Gaetz is pushing, has been a longtime favorite of Peronists. Los judios se quieren Patagonia!!1!

Mmmkay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (RIvkX)

193 Toss them out I agree with

Oh, no lunch and 9 hrs today

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (i+wP0)

194 > There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side.

I don't know. I used to think it was kind of rare because people around me didn't engage in antisemitism. But I see a LOT of casual antisemitism on X and other platforms from people who hold a lot of conservative views.

Anti-mormonism too.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az)

195 Personally though, I think Hitler's regime has been dead for 80 years, and Hitler too. Unless he has only been gone 60 years.

I think the fighting over a man that dead and gone is justification for whatever you think you have to justify.
I was told as a dumb young man, "if you have to justify something, you probably shouldn't have done it"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR)

196 Really. No snark, but i have never seen this. It always amazes me when people have these kinds of things (or any form of racism) it's like I am living in a completely different world.

I have but its not widespread or common. Definitely not as bad as on the left.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (PYyV9)

197 178 >>Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism?


I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV)

I'd be happy to hear you out.

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (SSiCQ)

198 Anti-mormonism too.

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You will find no anti-moronism at ASOHQ.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (sX1BW)

199 >>> Here's the thing: Europeans are all Climate Change Cultists

I do wonder if this is because they don't have the gift of air conditioning. They are at the mercy of their open windows in the summer. They are far more sensitive to temp changes than us Americans, who can just close the windows and crank on AC or a swamp cooler on the hot days to cool our homes. So they get fooled by the "look how hot it is this summer, you're melting the planet!"

I love the TikToks of Europeans who move to the US and are like, air conditioning is the best thing ever, I want to marry it, I never want to be without it again. They are hilarious.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (gWBY1)

200 26 People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

I think one of the targets of these grifters is young people who are still looking for answers in a complicated world, and for belonging.

Also a large part of the grift to split the Right and get people to think the anti-Jew sentiment is there and not the Left.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (qivay)

201 So, did Tucker name is son after William F.? That’s quite telling, if so.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

202 I've never bought the whole "far left and far right make a circle" thing and still don't but Jew hate is the one place the far right and the left agree.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (gGWDB)

203 Don't spend it all at one place, kid.

@LeadingReport 5m
BREAKING: Verizon offers $20 to customers impacted by outage.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (mlg/3)

204 Sy Snootles should do a number at the UN.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (B3wdz)

205 It's popular in Philippines to trace the steps of the Death March. Even people in excellent health, with plenty of food and water, with modern clothes and athletic shoes, have a very hard time walking the entire route. Very few can do the whole thing. It's incredible that any of the prisoners made it that far in the condition they were in.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
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The actual march averaged about 14 km per day.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv)

206
I'm glad Trump is saying something about these weirdoes. Who can do the Bill Buckley thing and throw them out decisively? Charlie Kirk had the moral authority and leadership. Who is it now? Trump?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (x4Mz/)

207 The UN suffers from divershitty.

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Again, arguably we have not used enough nuclear weapons.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (sX1BW)

208 BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3)

They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx)

LOL

Let them get wound up, give them a few days to go full timwalz, and when the meth wears off and they go back home *then* you send the ICEberg.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket



Send in the Marines and don't give them crayons.
A hungry Marine is a dangerous Marine.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (FzgDV)

209 203 3 times as generous as the mullahs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (B3wdz)

210 I’ve somehow accumulated 3 cases and change of .380 and I only have 2 pistols for it. Looks like I need another gun or 2.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (fA38o)

211 Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)

During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone.

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Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM


After what the Japanese Army did in Nanking and other places as noted above they deserved whatever happened to them.


The Japanese were and are some of the most racist people on the planet. In my 22 years in the military traveling all over the world I have never encountered a more racist country than Japan. They make the klan look like schoolboys.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (0N4FZ)

212 Anti-mormonism too.

Traditional Christians are going to have some theological issues here and I don't think there is anything wrong with people being upfront about that.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)

213 57 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.

There's only one bit of news that matters....
Posted by: ...


Lies no extra charge of course.

Posted by: MSM (We're only in it for the money) at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (nvKZ7)

214 57 My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk)
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Let's consult Walter Sobchak on this.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (X4XpB)

SHOMER FUCKING SHABBOS!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak doesn't roll on shabbos at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (TbWk/)

215 The difference is, are you saying "they did this thing wrong" or are you saying "those Jews did it again in their usual Jooey way!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9)

Too many people don't make the distinction between the two.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv)

216 Charlie Kirk had the moral authority and leadership. Who is it now? Trump?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (x4Mz/)

I would gladly give Eva Vlaardingbroek a significant amount of authority.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (gGWDB)

217 187 157 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.

There's only one bit of news that matters....
Posted by: ...

_______________________

This isn't true.
Sincerely,
A Respected source that wishes to remain anonymous

Posted by: You don't know me. Look away. at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske)

218 Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (0e5Te)

219 I thought Buckley Carlson was Tucker's brother. Did he name is his kid Buckley too?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (BCuCF)

220 Fuck Bowtie, my maternal grandfather was on a ship waiting to take part in Operation Olympic-Coronet....he can go fuck himself.

Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (MUJd1)

221 "It's pervasive."

Trans genocide pervasive.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (cS1cw)

222 Duh, I looked it up, Buckley Carlson, Tucker's kid is deputy press secretary. He's kinda young.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (BCuCF)

223 >>I'd be happy to hear you out.

Cute.

I started having this conversation with Ace over a decade ago...

I think you will find that Ace stopped arguing about it with me for a reason.

Just open your eyes and ears. You can't escape it.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (ZcsJV)

224 Chichijima Incident. After the battle something was eating Bush SR's squadron. That something was the Japanese.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (B3wdz)

225 Ruth from the Bible got off easy. Her name is almost never brought up without saying "Ruth the Moabitess". I got it worse.

Posted by: Rahab The Harlot at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (oftw2)

226 >> Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?

1945

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (viF8m)

227 For example, when Jesus talked about "Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit", he is referring to a long-standing authoritative interpretation that the only the Messiah could heal blindness and lameness that people were born with. Thus the Messiah would show himself to be Messiah by these acts.

"He has a demon" they said of the guy doing those acts. And the spirit that he had was the Holy Spirit.

The rank-and-file Pharisee confronting Jesus had no Schmeka (authority) to challenge any authoritative interpretation. So, scribes and teachers, with little authority, were basically saying that what had been held to be a sign of the Messiah, could be done with parlor tricks and a demon.

This is why I argue that most moderns cannot commit Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It requires a doctrine that only the Messiah could heal a man born blind and that would be a sign. Atheists don't believe in such an entity to be a condition to be *revealed*. The idea that there is a Messiah is as daft as the idea that there is a God. They also would more likely believe that Jesus' healings are not actual accounts, not things that they themselves investigated (per Gospels) and attributed to "demons

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (Q4cxx)

228 This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit.

Combine that with some "sources say" stories about behind the scenes discussions, and I just see a bunch of nonsensical fools looking for smoke, knowing a fire is somewhere round these parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)
******
Tucker helped get him that job.
This of course was before Tucker went batshit crazy.
I'm not saying Vance should fire him, just be careful.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (NpAcC)

229 Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?
Posted by: Wally



May 1945?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (FzgDV)

230 "The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered."

And so JC is our high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedec (in Hebrews). But Hebrews also says there is no more Jew nor Gentile, but all are one in Christ Jesus. (and there can be fake Jews and fake Christians that do not believe or honor their scriptures)

The Great Mystery is the one body with Christ as the head, and we a joint heirs, members in particular. That is progress, we are no longer under the law. It is not about just remembering the sacrifice, it is about serving in the one body (not a denomination).

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (vbXSk)

231 Ruth from the Bible got off easy. Her name is almost never brought up without saying "Ruth the Moabitess". I got it worse.

Posted by: Rahab The Harlot

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Couldn't play baseball either.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (sX1BW)

232 Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV)
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When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot.

Anyone that says they didn't deserve the extra two Suns we created for them is an idiot or a dishonest idiot.

Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (5aZAZ)

233 Is it time, yet?

@Breaking911 21s
BREAKING: Violent clashes erupt in Minneapolis as anti-ICE agitators confront federal agents

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (mlg/3)

234 I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.

Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (DPeYO)

235 >>> You will find no anti-moronism at ASOHQ.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (sX1BW)

There's a few of us Mormons here, and I appreciate it. The Mormon underwear jokes are a lazy default joke, but I can handle it. (One time Razorfist made a Kolob joke, and I was like oooh that's different! But he's a fantastic wit, I'd expect no less.)

Mormons who haven't bought into the "be nice to the point you're a pushover" attitude that plagues the Mitt Romneys in our religion, and have actually studied our history the way I have, know how evil big government can get with religions. I am the fiercest ally for pro second amendment, limited government, maximum personal freedom tied to civic responsibility. But the feckless Mormons with TDS drive me bonkers.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (gWBY1)

236 The eurofags teach this doctrine to their children.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (B3wdz)

237 My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am.


Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM

From what I understand Susan Rice's son is very conservative MAGA Trump guy.

Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (IifOV)

238 Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)
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The highest esteem for Ruth is an examplar for how converts are to be treated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (RIvkX)

239 > The actual march averaged about 14 km per day.

14 km is 8.7 miles for the non-commies.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (Yp6az)

240 I don't know whether the Jews are responsible for this or not.

A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All

Variety
@Variety
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.”

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So who'll be the new Jim? Melissa McCarthy? Rachel Ziegler? Whoopi?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (L/fGl)

241 I thought Buckley Carlson was Tucker's brother. Did he name is his kid Buckley too?
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (BCuCF)
******
Yes

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (NpAcC)

242 She did get a candy bar named after her.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (B3wdz)

243 Wow, look at you, working so hard for them shekels!! You go, goy!!!

Posted by: Mav at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (hEnmt)

244 I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Posted by: troyriser


I think it was confirmed Fucker is being paid. And you can't move to Dubai without permission, either.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (mlg/3)

245 (shakes head)

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (cS1cw)

246 I don't know whether the Jews are responsible for this or not.

A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All

Variety
@Variety
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.”

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Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (sX1BW)

247 So if megyn turns out to be ridiculous but helps millennial and gen z conservatives find their way and their audience, I can't totally throw her out with the bathwater. Yet.
Posted by: LizLem
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On anyone, I don't care what they watch, who they listen too, or cancelling someone because suzy said that freddy said that ferris did this or that.

My opinion is that in media, there are people willing to take the ticket when the time comes for wealth and fame beyond dreams if only they play ball. And those approaches come from a friend, a trusted source, etc.

Bad enough in print but far easier to see and crosscheck (try reading a transcript of something like the Spew View show versus watching it). You will find all the demagogues' tricks while surprisingly little actual content. Video is aimed at our emotions. It presents little nuggets of fact without an obvious framework, while not including material omissions of fact and linkages of those facts unless you have direct knowledge otherwise.

This leads people to come up with their own conclusions that---ta da-- are what the presenter wanted them to think. They now proudly proclaim Gnostic knowledge by watching this show.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (WDjG6)

248 This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit.

Hunter Biden, Whitey Bulger's cousin, and Mitt Romney's consigliere went to Ukraine together to grift.

Somehow though the FNM doesn't see that as an issue for Romney or Joe Biden...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)

249 237
‘ Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.’

Was he a rump ranger or did he just come across as one?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (jbnUc)

250 Worst Terrorist attack in Argentina was done to a Synagogue in Buenos Aries 26 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (0KSrI)

251 137 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e)
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I agree, Fen. It's a whirlwind out there.

Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (79pEw)

++++

It is crazy out there. I am just happy that my family and friends are all very conservative types and I don't have to combat any lefty loons. So that's a comfort.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (HifX0)

252 When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot.

They were easily as horrific and evil as the Nazis, just less efficient at it. But they were forgiven, their evils buried and forgotten, and got a pass on it all largely because the Jewish people ran entertainment and news, so they made damn sure everyone knew what the Nazis did. Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it.

So by default, the Imperial Japanese were just "nice enough guys that fought us" so much so that Spielberg decided that Pacific had to be partly about how awful the US was to Japanese.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9)

253 I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.

Their views changed when the the people paying them changed. Seems pretty clear to me...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

254 201 So, did Tucker name is son after William F.? That’s quite telling, if so.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM

That, and Tucker named his daughter Bill Kristol.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (IifOV)

255 237 My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am.


Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM

From what I understand Susan Rice's son is very conservative MAGA Trump guy.

Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (IifOV)

________________________________

Hell, Tampon Timmy's immediate relatives moved out of his state, and expressly stated not to vote for him, Vote for Trump.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske)

256 223 >>I'd be happy to hear you out.

Cute.

I started having this conversation with Ace over a decade ago...

I think you will find that Ace stopped arguing about it with me for a reason.

Just open your eyes and ears. You can't escape it.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (ZcsJV)

garrett, I wasn't being cute. I tried to phrase my reply in as inviting a way as I could.

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (SSiCQ)

257 This isn't true.
Sincerely,
A Respected source that wishes to remain anonymous

Posted by: You don't know me. Look away. at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske)

Good point

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (gGWDB)

258 Too many people don't make the distinction between the two.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv)
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A lot of people think "splitting hairs" is a waste of time when they want to jump to their conclusion.

This is quite universal. Deliberation requires a particular discipline. I aim for that discipline, though I can never say I always achieve it.

If somebody wants to bicker, let them be like 99% of the population and have at it. If they are a Christian, I would briefly cite the value of bickering, but still. It's going to happen.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Q4cxx)

259 Anti-mormonism too.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az)

Lol. I am never sure how much anticatjolism is real or just me being sensitive to it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

260 234 I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Posted by: troyriser
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That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame.

Hollow people ready to be filled up with whatever the ticket givers want.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (WDjG6)

261 > Traditional Christians are going to have some theological issues here and I don't think there is anything wrong with people being upfront about that.

I don't consider intellectually honest comments about theological differences anti-mormonism.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Yp6az)

262 Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.’

Was he a rump ranger or did he just come across as one?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM

I seem to remember his doing ballet dancing. No joke.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (IifOV)

263 Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it.

I think you are seeing the differences in trying to keep Japan on the western side in the cold war.

Bringing up their war crimes would have made Soviet influence a bit easier.

The same wasn't true for the Germans because their war crimes heavily targeted the people in Russia whereas Japan was mostly focused on Korea, China and the regions to their south.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

264 Fuck Bowtie, my maternal grandfather was on a ship waiting to take part in Operation Olympic-Coronet....he can go fuck himself.
Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (MUJd1)

My late Stepfather was a CPO on the light carrier USS Belleau Wood. They were on their way to take part in the invasion of Japan when word came down about the atom bombs and the ending of the war. He said he saw grown men, hardened combat veterans, cry like children with relief that the invasion would no longer take place.

Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (DPeYO)

265 A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All

Variety
@Variety
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.”

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Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)

How about the Six Billion Dollar Man?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (6xukV)

266 The magic underwear mafia?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (B3wdz)

267 The number of opinionators out there that I trust keeps shrinking. Good… saves me a lot of time not listening to Carlson, M Kelly etc etc … I can’t ignore them anymore than I do now (unless I stopped commenting on posts which mention them)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (k0PcD)

268 As a proud conservative feminist in the vein of Susan B Anthony, as fiercely pro life as she was, the mainstream feminists want nothing to do with me. It's been fascinating to do deep dives in each of the 3 main waves of feminism, and find out the facts that get buried.

Like that in every single wave of feminism, the elitist, most privileged, and most man hating of the women in those movements were all rabid, rabid antisemites. One of them in the 1800s ran a women's prep school, and tried to keep out Jewish girls because she was a crazy racist. Second wave 60s feminism has its share of antisemites. And now the modern 3rd wave has its Muslim members who want all the Jews exterminated.

It's a black eye for the women's movement, but it gets shoved down because it puts lefties in the wrong side if history. Can't have that!

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (gWBY1)

269 When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot.

They were easily as horrific and evil as the Nazis, just less efficient at it. But they were forgiven, their evils buried and forgotten, and got a pass on it all largely because the Jewish people ran entertainment and news, so they made damn sure everyone knew what the Nazis did. Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it.

So by default, the Imperial Japanese were just "nice enough guys that fought us" so much so that Spielberg decided that Pacific had to be partly about how awful the US was to Japanese.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9)
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I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care. There is still deep hatred of Japan from the oldest generations of Chinese and Koreans. But they are all dead or dying, replaced by younger gens obsessed with J-Pop.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

270 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.

I am going to wax old fashioned here and state that the men of the family are supposed to learn and bear the burden of all this stuff, study and understand it so the women and kids do not have to. That men are supposed to take that pain and stress and guide their family with that information and the women and kids could live without it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (PYyV9)

271 264 Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (DPeYO)

The Japanese were willing to die to a person and the Americans were willing to help them, the bomb saved lives I never met a PacWar veteran who said otherwise nor a Japanese of that age.

Horrible decision?

Sure it was a horrific thing, but not an evil thing and not the worst thing....LeMay would have burnt the island to a cinder with napalm if need be.

Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (MUJd1)

272 That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame.

I don't think this is the most common case, though yes it is true for some.

I'd argue it is usually more incremental. You get a request to cover a story you wouldn't normally, or to talk to someone you wouldn't normally and...well...its a small thing and its important I still have this platform to get my message across!!!

But after some number of those compromises you find yourself now with a completely different public persona. So you still traded your integrity for wealth and influence but it wasn't some intentional grift...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

273 Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)
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To quote the blogfather:
"The Japanese. Nuked to much, or not enough?"
😎

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (ibgwE)

274 Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
...
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)


Those people making the claim, "It was unnecessary! Ree!!!" are either ignorant or $s!t-stirrers. If you read anything about the planning for Operation Olympic, it's chilling.

I remember reading a memoir of a Marine who progressed from Rifleman to Captain via battlefield promotions, and he mentioned that he questioned why the Marine Division he was no longer the Operations Plan after about D-Day +2 or 3. The reply was, "Oh, youre Division is going to be combat-ineffective with over 66% casualties by then." The author admitted to loosing no sleep over nuking Japan.

We were also actively preparing to move troops from the European Theater of Operations to the Pacific Theater after Germany surrendered. Needless to say, the troops in the ETO weren't thrilled.

The Allies were close to exhaustion. The British and Commonwealth were just about done for. By 1945, the U.S. was doing all of the heavy lifting. The civilians were starting to get pretty antsy over the casualty numbers. Nuking Japan was necessary.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (pJWtt)

275 I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care

Yeah I think that largely played into it as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (PYyV9)

276 That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame.

Hollow people ready to be filled up with whatever the ticket givers want.
Posted by: whig



Bread and Circuses. Are you not entertained!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (sAmhv)

277
I am going to wax old fashioned here and state that the men of the family are supposed to learn and bear the burden of all this stuff, study and understand it so the women and kids do not have to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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And I am going to strenuously object to that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (x4Mz/)

278 So how were the atomic bombs more demonic than the fuel bombing firestorms unleashed on Dresden and Tokyo that killed tens of thousands? Or getting torn apart by an MG42. Or shitting and shivering yourself to death from dysentery in a Japanese pow camp. Asking for Billy Pilgrim.

Posted by: front toward enemy at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (TIizU)

279 .its a small thing and its important I still have this platform to get my message across!!!

........

So you still traded your integrity for wealth and influence but it wasn't some intentional grift...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

If you traded your integrity for wealth, it wasn't integrity to begin with.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (gGWDB)

280 The UN should be moved to Greenland.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (B3wdz)

281 137 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fenelon,
Faith helps a lot. Simply put, does this piece of information lead me away or toward the Cross and salvation.

Like anyone with a brain, I can get discouraged, angry, or exhausted by the endless parade of life and particularly evils of our time. But reading the entire Bible, including those squeamish books like Job, Lamentations, Proverbs, or Ecclesiastes, you realize there really is nothing new under the sun that the Father and Son have not already seen in the past and overcome.

We struggle in this life to be forged in fires of today to attain heaven.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

282 259 Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.

That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this
blog.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

283 That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism.

BTW, as far as pejorative, I prefer:
Mackerel Snapper
Kneeler
And Papist Stooge is an old favorite.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

284 Allied leaders had a *responsibility* to preserve the lives of their own soldiers.

Using the bomb to reduce military deaths was therefore the right choice.

Coincidentally it also likely reduced total deaths on the Japanese side, but that's immaterial to the question Allied war leaders had to answer.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

285 Bread and Circuses. Are you not entertained!!
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I want a refund. Namely the trillions that us taxpayers spent on this garbage entertainment.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (WDjG6)

286 Armchair generals can't compete with other armchair generals from the past.

Logistics is a word they have never heard of.

They don't care if more die. Image more important death.
They don't know how to really care about anything.
If they were in the world of BladeRunner, they would not be able to pass the humanity test.

Besides, they are old, out dated humanoids.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (EyfuW)

287 265 A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All

Variety
@Variety
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.”

Yeah… it makes zero sense. The reason the original worked so well was because it had James Garner, Noah Beery Jr, and Stuart Margolin who were uniquely outstanding for those roles…. Plus all the gimmicks that Rockford used to solve cases are undoable with modern tech (eg mini printing press in car to make fake business cards),,, tricking secretaries into letting him into offices so he could rifle through filing cabinets… a modern Rockford would have to be an uber computer hacker…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (k0PcD)

288 Megyn Kelly starting to look like crack whore skeletor.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (abIsI)

289 >>> My opinion is that in media, there are people willing to take the ticket when the time comes for wealth and fame beyond dreams if only they play ball. And those approaches come from a friend, a trusted source, etc.

Yeah. In an era when clicks and likes are your currency, and staying talked about is what gets you paid, it's sad to see people willing to gain the clicks and lose their souls. Be infamous be sure it pays more than being famous. Other than Ace and Rush (RIP), I didn't trust anyone in the media. Still is a good policy.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (gWBY1)

290 283 That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

Try again?

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ)

291 It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (TdYBy)

292 Those people making the claim, "It was unnecessary! Ree!!!" are either ignorant or $s!t-stirrers.

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Honestly, I think its ok to question things. That is what history is for. I fully expect subsequent generations to question the decision as they will not have any first hand knowledge or touch any first hand source. And that is fine. But I also think a lot of it is just to be controversial and gain attention. But I also think that more people should ask the question ... have we used them enough? That's a far more intriguing question to me. Because whether we were justified or not is an easy answer.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (sX1BW)

293 I'm beginning to dislike the cut of this Tucker Carlson person's jib.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (V362x)

294 291 It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls


Please add France and Spain to the target list.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (abIsI)

295 I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care. There is still deep hatred of Japan from the oldest generations of Chinese and Koreans. But they are all dead or dying, replaced by younger gens obsessed with J-Pop.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

That, and I would speculate that we contemporaneously considered that we were far more in need of an Asian ally seeing how easily they steamrolled our Pacific holdings early on, looking at China, and in comparison, Europe was less of an urgent priority as Germany was utterly defeated in the burn-scatter-salt sense, and we could rely (yeah, I know) on European allies to address Russian expansionism (again this is speculation about contemporaneous thought).

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)

296
The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (IifOV)

297 "Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David." Posted by: Bulg

thx, I should have added that I don't know OT history very well. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (vbXSk)

298 265 Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)

How about the Six Billion Dollar Man?


hmmm.... *scribbles note* temu man

this is gonna be epic!

Posted by: anachronda at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (v3pYe)

299 If the Japanese did not want to get nuked then Hiroshima should not have been dressed like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

300 300

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (SSiCQ)

301 From Tarawa to Pelilu to Saipan to Iwo Jima to Okinawa the Japanese military and civilians showed they would bright to the death. The nukes were necessary for them and us

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 03:25 PM (Oql3v)

302 That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this
blog.
Posted by: Bulg
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Wise. The reason some of these disputes becomes so large is that the stakes are so small but they challenge identity as the one true denomination.

My thought is that the Father and Holy Spirit gave us the guidelines in teh Bible, and the Son gives us salvation, so the rest of it is arguing about minutia that does not affect the core teachings of salvation. While taken out of context, Jesus himself was the authority on the law by virtue of who he is, and thus his replies to religious authorities of the time are appropos.

I have no opinion on Dispensationalism or the salvation of others outside the Christian faith as that is for the holy Trinity, not me. For me, Jesus is the Way. YMMV.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:25 PM (WDjG6)

303 Other than Ace and Rush (RIP), I didn't trust anyone in the media. Still is a good policy.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (gWBY1)

Wait, we're trusting Ace now? You've heard of shelfiegate, no?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)

304 The Japanese were willing to die to a person and the Americans were willing to help them, the bomb saved lives I never met a PacWar veteran who said otherwise nor a Japanese of that age.

Horrible decision?

Sure it was a horrific thing, but not an evil thing and not the worst thing....LeMay would have burnt the island to a cinder with napalm if need be.
Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (MUJd1)


They were training the women and children to kill American with bamboo spears. I read one speculation that the Americans would have probably had to kill over 10 million Japanese civilian close-up and personal.

On top of the brutality of the Japanese military, and the behavior of the civilians on Okinawa, a true genocide of the Japanese was a distinct possibility. Nuking Japan was the least-bad choice. The Japanese were not going to surrender until we made them.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (pJWtt)

305 >>> Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet,

If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.

I feel like the first Knives out movie spoofed the creepy house rich party that ends in a murder. The second spoofed the ones of rich people in a glamorous location or island and then there's a murder. And this one spoofs the church clergy whodunits like father brown. Wonder what he'll do in the series next. This third one might be my fave.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (gWBY1)

306 The UN should be moved to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss


It'd be a shame if it were lost at sea during the move!

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (Q7yzj)

307 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (PYyV9)

Well, my husband is out working during more hours the day than I am, so I know more about political things than he does, besides not being clued into everything political being good for one's mind, I think it's also helpful spiritually as well

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (8Xy/A)

308 If the Japanese did not want to get nuked then Hiroshima should not have been dressed like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG)

309 Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (vbXSk)
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My main point is that the sacrifice and cleansing by the sacrifice stays central in Christian symbology.

Now, I grant that there could be Jews out there who's main counter is valid. They can only sacrifice at the Temple in Jerusalem. That temple is no longer there, thus they cannot now do those rituals. And I'm pretty sure they do not know who's a Levite or a descendent of Aaron and who is not.

But I would reject other notions such that "I did not command you about sacrifice" means sacrifice is a atavism. Because that would fail to be more continuous with Jewish faith, regardless of whether or not Yahweh himself intended that change.

The destruction of the temple is not a clear message as to what was discontinued and why it was. More telling is the 40 years--documented in the Talmud--before the destruction where the Day of Atonement basically *failed*. The signs that Yahweh did not accept the sacrifice were *there*. The huge and heavy doors to the temple would not *stay closed*.

The destruction of the Temple was only the final sign that Yahweh had abandoned the Temple. Now what happend 40 years before?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (Q4cxx)

310 Personally, I think you need to define antisemitism conclusively. I can honestly say I have a general dislike for their majority approach to American politics, and some would argue that their continued support of the left is deeply rooted in Judaism. I've read arguments that their continued support for the Left is a by-product of disdain for non-secular political parties. They immediately discount the Right because of the religious groups that make up bloc voting. The Right courts those blocs (as they should). And the Jewish Americans see that as a negative. Even a threat. Therefore, they put such high importance in their own prejudices towards other religions, that they gravitate towards the political party that discounts religion as a whole.

It's an interesting theory, but the flaw is that in most countries (other than the US), the Jewish populations will vote right of center. Just not in the US.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)

311 I never watched any of the Knives Out movies...Ambiguously Gay James Bond makes me not want to watch his movies...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

312 Allied leaders had a *responsibility* to preserve the lives of their own soldiers.

Using the bomb to reduce military deaths was therefore the right choice.

Coincidentally it also likely reduced total deaths on the Japanese side, but that's immaterial to the question Allied war leaders had to answer.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

Yeah, it really is a simple calculus to arrive at what is morally right.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

313 Try again?
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ)

I meant I have never been sure how much anticatholism there actually is, or whether my perception of it is colored by my own bias for it.

Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.

By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

314 They should have depopulated and resettled.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (B3wdz)

315 Jews definitely don't run Somalia. So, how's that working out?

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (0e5Te)

316 It's an interesting theory, but the flaw is that in most countries (other than the US), the Jewish populations will vote right of center. Just not in the US.

The data says non-believing Jews tend to be hard left, believing Jews are right of center.

But since the former group also don't have kids and don't really evangelize this issue will likely go away in another generation or two...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

317 thx, I should have added that I don't know OT history very well. heh
Posted by: illiniwek
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Well worth rereading it. You see every kind of human folly and sin and yet the Father is forgiving to repentant sinners and faithful to his words always. Lot of unpleasant reminders of human nature at its worst, lot of wisdom, and a lot to ponder about the signalling of the coming Messiah.

Someone once took the trouble to measure the complexity and internal references in the Bible for consistency. Truly extraordinary on internal agreement despite being written over thousands of years and by many different authors. Like someone was guiding what the scribes wrote. Hmmmm.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (WDjG6)

318 How about the Six Billion Dollar Man?

The best six-billion dollar man for the job is a woman. Or visa versa.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (Q7yzj)

319 I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG)

Damn it! I was going for misogynistic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

320 Nothing is happening.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (B3wdz)

321 >>> The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin.

They are humping the corpse of all the oldies. They gender swapped Matlock to be Cathy Bates. They even are doing one for Murder She Wrote starring Jamie Lee Curtis. But it sounds like she's being respectful of Lansbury's timelessness in the role, even wearing the same coats and togs she wore in the show. Eh we'll see.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (gWBY1)

322 ID did a short series on the theology that led Andrea Yates to drown her five small children. She was mentally ill to begin with and fell under the influence of a low rent street preacher. They didn't explain much about his theology although what they did say seemed fairly mainstream except for the extreme emphasis on eschatology. The problem seemed to be that no matter what you did, you were still going to burn in Hell. Yates believed if her children died before age twelve, they'd escape Hell and go to Heaven since they died before the age of responsibility.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (L/fGl)

323 Jews definitely don't run Somalia. So, how's that working out?

One of the more interesting test cases about the importance of culture is the current nation of Israel.

The region was an unimportant backwater under the Ottomans - with both Jews, Christians and Muslims living there. But after a bunch of American and European Jews moved there it became the most developed place in the middle east...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)

324 21 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

My guess is that its Ford Motor Company policy not to yell insults at the visiting VIPs, especially if you call them a pedo.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9)

I despised Joe Biden and his entire family but if they showed up to my workplace for him to smile stupidly and sh*t his pants publicly, i wouldn't be heckling him. One, I respect the office and two, as my father once told me, do not sh*t where you eat.

You wouldn't heckle board members if they came to visit your plant no matter how badly they may run your company; don't heckle any VIP's; doesn't hurt them but it makes your company look bad and that will put you on a very bad list.

Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (7gpcF)

325 Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

If he nuked some of the muzzie strongholds, he'd be doing them a solid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (8zz6B)

326 By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

I think I have met one, maybe two, where I am taken aback and think, "Whoa, ease up there buddy, on the conspiracies and Jew hate."

Does not mean that there aren't multiples more who aren't so injudicious with their speech with strangers. But I hear more anti-white, anti-man hate casually, honestly, that I have become kind of indifferent to it, like it is background noise.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (dK+Kv)

327 Aetius, I was riffing on your spellings of anticatjolism and anti-Catholsism.
But your reply is good!

313 Try again?
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ)

I meant I have never been sure how much anticatholism there actually is, or whether my perception of it is colored by my own bias for it.

Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.

By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

259 Lol. I am never sure how much anticatjolism is real or just me being sensitive to it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

283 That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (SSiCQ)

328 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.

I always liked that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

329 Yates believed if her children died before age twelve, they'd escape Hell and go to Heaven since they died before the age of responsibility.

One thing I always try to consider in theological questions is that I don't think God wants to trick people or to try and get ahead by rules lawyering Christianity...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

330 BREAKING: Violent clashes erupt in Minneapolis as anti-ICE agitators confront federal agents
Posted by: weft cut-loop


They think they are going to be given room to riot like with George Floyd.

They are going to find out the hard way.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (FzgDV)

331 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

Venezuelans ERUPT in cheers after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says outside the White House, "we count on President Trump for FREEDOM!"

She just met with 47

Machado has dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump because she know he makes PEACE everywhere!

https://tinyurl.com/mr46ewvm

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (NpAcC)

332 Someone once took the trouble to measure the complexity and internal references in the Bible for consistency. Truly extraordinary on internal agreement despite being written over thousands of years and by many different authors. Like someone was guiding what the scribes wrote. Hmmmm.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (WDjG6)

Amen brother…. IMO one of the best evidences that the Bible is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16) is its internal consistency…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (YobFY)

333
179 Speaking of Antisemites: Fox new is reporting that Units of the Luftwaffe have been deployed to Greenland!
Posted by: DOGGFISH at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM

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Actual aircraft, or just some people and filing cabinets?

Where would military aircraft land there without US permission and support anyway?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (VWtfl)

334 nood Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In Ratings
—Ace

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (SSiCQ)

335 Deliberation requires a particular discipline. I aim for that discipline, though I can never say I always achieve it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Q4cxx)

Always a good goal. But we are human, given to human impulses.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (dK+Kv)

336 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from...

I had my hopes up until I read 'Job'.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (Q7yzj)

337 Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.

That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this
blog.
Posted by: Bulg
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You've just described (theology vs people) every church I've ever attended as an adult.
Which is also.why I don't argue religion.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (ibgwE)

338 328 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.

I always liked that movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Creepy movie and I think his character in the movie is close to the real Tom Hanks.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (WDjG6)

339 They should do The Money Pit but with Somalis

Or Ghost but with Somalis.

Or Catch Me If You Can but with Somalis.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (gGWDB)

340 How about the Six Billion Dollar Man?



A somali who cruises thru airports?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (FzgDV)

341 nood Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In Ratings

Star Trek was at its best when it was "The American Navy...in Space!" back with TOS.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

342 321 >>> The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin.

Please tell me you are joking or this is rage bait or something. The Rockford Files was a James Garner vehicle. You can't recast him with some Millennial pansy.

There were a ton of private detective shows in the 80's trying to ape The Rockford Files; Garner made that show.
FFS, just call it something else. The Pronoun Files; or what do I call my D*ck Files. Gah, I hate Hollywood.

Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (7gpcF)

343 >>> Nothing is happening.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (B3wdz)

I heard Trump try to sell his new health care changes. Which I don't see the house passing because they are useless pricks.

Just spinning my wheels to hear if the Iranian revolution succeeded, or if we've bought Greenland yet.

I've also enjoyed the takes on why millennial AWFL women have made straight men so toxic to them, the only men they can handle are supernatural studs in their porn, or happily watch gay men in a hockey TV show having sex with each other. Theories as to how they have emasculated men in their real lives, choose the bear over men, and yet want virile masculinity in their fiction. It's been entertaining to read.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gWBY1)

344 You know who else wanted to immanetize the eschaton?

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gGWDB)

345 Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.

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I grew up Catholic to Confirmation. I fully expect that a good number of Catholics are my brothers in Christ.

Catholics do seem to have been *way* ahead of a number of protestant mainstream branches on being really against abortion. Catholic services send a lot of money to the needy. Very scriptural.

However, my understanding of scripture has little to do with Catholic doctrine and I suspect it will continue to. Even though I've been a tad skeptical of external doctrines my entire Christian life. Including Sola Scriptura.

I've learned a HELL of a lot from Biblical scholars who know MORE than just the text of the Bible, but history and culture of the area which gives it shades. Greek word studies is also key.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (Q4cxx)

346 >>Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.


I live in rural America. I have lived in cities in the NE, SW and NW. I have lived rural in all of those places and traveled extensively throughout the whole of the country for decades.

You don't need to be hyper-sensitive.
You just need to keep your eyes and ears open and you will find it all over.

Coming from Red and Blue alike.
It's always made me laugh.
The common thread is usually ignorance and little to no experience with Jews at all.
You don't need to go looking. I never have...but it will find you.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (ZcsJV)

347 I heard Trump try to sell his new health care changes. Which I don't see the house passing because they are useless pricks.

Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gWBY1)
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On-target summation of the week, there.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (Q4cxx)

348 I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG)

Damn it! I was going for misogynistic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

Don't listen to me, I've been accused of being all the things.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (dGCAG)

349 One thing I always try to consider in theological questions is that I don't think God wants to trick people or to try and get ahead by rules lawyering Christianity...
Posted by: 18-1
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It is not intentionally comedic but you see how the divine answers such theological questions in the Gospels. It is always something that the religious authorities never thought of and were dumbstruck by.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6)

350 >>> It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (TdYBy)


You don't have to over nuke them. Just nuke them until they get weird and sleep with giant pillows with anime girl prints. I'm sure there's a dial or something on the nuke you can set to "dakimakura"

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (3uBP9)

351 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.

I always liked that movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)
******
God, I love this street.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (NpAcC)

352 I've never heard of, nor seen a clip of Megyn Kelly being antisemitic.

Posted by: Tracy at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (wf1Ax)

353 nood



Trek

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (3uBP9)

354 346 >>Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.


I live in rural America. I have lived in cities in the NE, SW and NW. I have lived rural in all of those places and traveled extensively throughout the whole of the country for decades.

You don't need to be hyper-sensitive.
You just need to keep your eyes and ears open and you will find it all over.

Coming from Red and Blue alike.
It's always made me laugh.
The common thread is usually ignorance and little to no experience with Jews at all.
You don't need to go looking. I never have...but it will find you.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (ZcsJV)

Thank you, garrett.

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (SSiCQ)

355 Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.
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God's word asserts that Israel will be a "cup of trembling" to the end.

Antisemitism is inherent in that. Not that antisemitism is "God's will", but simply part of the sin of man that is simply shaped into His plan.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (Q4cxx)

356 If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.

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Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (L/fGl)

357 328 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.

I always liked that movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

“I want to kill everyone, Satan is good, Satan is our pal” - The ‘Burbs

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (0GYGE)

358 It is not intentionally comedic but you see how the divine answers such theological questions in the Gospels. It is always something that the religious authorities never thought of and were dumbstruck by.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6)
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Boom. We should learn *humility* by this.

But we're us.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q4cxx)

359 The Right courts those blocs (as they should). And the Jewish Americans see that as a negative. Even a threat. Therefore, they put such high importance in their own prejudices towards other religions, that they gravitate towards the political party that discounts religion as a whole.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)

One quick point. I would rephrase "prejudices towards other religions" as "suspicion of other religions". Still a prejudice but I think semantically it's closer. Many American Jews aren't even religious, but given their history still feel vulnerable. Heck some of them even distance themselves from Judaism because they feel it makes them more of a target. And of course the Left cultivates this.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (qivay)

360 " and a lot to ponder about the signaling of the coming Messiah." Posted by: whig

An old expression.
The Old Testament is the New Testament Concealed.
The NT is the OT revealed.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (vbXSk)

361 It was the greatest act of mercy the US could have done to stop Japan from fighting to the end.

When Mitsuo Fuchida, the commander of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor met Paul Tibbets, the pilot of theEnola Gay , after the war, he told Tibbets that he was right to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Fuchida was stationed in Hiroshima, but the night before the bombing he was called to Tokyo by the high command. Fuchida survived the Midway battle only because he was ill and in a hospital ship during the battle, which saw the loss of most of the rest of the Imperial Navy's experienced air wing. Fuchida later became a Christian Minister and evangelist.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (Da7Vv)

362 BTW, as far as pejorative, I prefer:
Mackerel Snapper
Kneeler
And Papist Stooge is an old favorite.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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When I was a kid, all of the local gang (not in the criminal sense) - pre-teen boys - went to the local parochial school, excepting me who attended the public elementary.
The word "protestant" was not in their vocabulary, so my religious definition was "publikin"

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ibgwE)

363 Ace of Spades' latest smear piece is a masterclass in lazy, bad-faith hackery, desperately trying to paint **Tucker Carlson** as some anti-Trump heretic while ignoring the obvious: Tucker has been one of Trump's most consistent and influential defenders, even as the establishment right clutches pearls.

First, the "barely pretend to be Trump supporters" line is pure fiction. Tucker actively endorsed Trump in 2024, spoke at his rallies, helped broker key alliances (like RFK Jr.'s endorsement), and even appeared alongside him at events. As recently as this month (January 2026), Tucker was invited to the White House for a high-profile meeting with Trump and oil executives on Venezuela—hardly the treatment afforded to an "anti-Trump" figure. Their relationship has had bumps (mostly over foreign policy nuance like Iran), but Trump himself has repeatedly defended Tucker, including after the Fuentes interview, saying you "can't tell him who to interview."

Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (ujaKg)

364 The attempt to lump Tucker in with Fuentes or Owens as antisemites is particularly dishonest. Trump explicitly distanced himself from actual antisemites while refusing to condemn Tucker—because platforming controversial guests for discussion isn't the same as endorsing Holocaust denial or urging votes for Kamala. Ace knows this; he's just recycling the same tired outrage cycle that has zero to do with Trump's actual words.Then there's the nuclear hypocrisy charge: Ace cherry-picks Tucker's longstanding moral opposition to nuclear weapons (calling them "demonic" and questioning Hiroshima/Nagasaki) to pretend Tucker green-lights Russia nuking Europe. That's a grotesque distortion. Tucker recently highlighted a top Putin advisor's warning that Russia might consider nukes against Germany/UK if the Ukraine war drags on—not endorsing it, but reporting it as alarming escalation. It's journalism, not advocacy. Conflating Tucker's Christian critique of atomic warfare with cheering Russian nukes is intellectually bankrupt.Ace's post is the usual: a stew of half-truths, guilt-by-association, and selective amnesia about Tucker's pro-Trump record, all to signal virtue to the neocon/Israel-first

Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (ujaKg)

365 Tuck Fucker Carlson.
He's a athiest money grubber hiding behind a bowtie.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (WQDw6)

366 I listen to the Megyn Kelly podcast. I've never heard her say anything remotely anti-semitic. She is basically 100% aligned with TPUSA, Charlie and Ericka Kirk. She has Jewish guests on frequently like Glen Greenwald and Batya Ungar-Sargon. She is explicitly anti-Islam but not anti-Jewish and does not traffic in conspiracies. So this is a false accusation.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

367 We are deeply concerned about the concerning attempts to smear the indisputed leader of the Make Arabia Great Again movement.

Posted by: Concerned Conservative Pakistani at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (/pI0K)

368 You are free to rip Tucka, Megyn, et al for partially false reasons. It is your free right, sir.

But here is what I want in return: rip the fuck outta those thousands in Conservative Inc that actually did fucking damage to thousands of Americans and millions of innocents most recently in Ukraine and Russia via 20 year wars where ConInc made trillions. We have been downrange for these assholes.

Tucka, et al. hurt nobody exercising their 1A rights. I went downrange. Just leave them alone as they hurt nobody. We are not their trolls and they bring on folks that we are smart enough to decipher.

I wholly respect you guys, but it is pretty easy to criticize from afar. Sir,

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (iXm17)

369 Anti-Semites, outright Nazi sympathizers are NOT conservatives. They should be treated the same way William Buckley treated the John Birch Society. Kooks unworthy of civilized company.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at January 16, 2026 01:01 PM (YpNh1)

New Nick Shirley Video: Somali Pirates Are Defrauding Us for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars by Running Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transporation Companies

All of this enabled by free-spending Democrats desperate to loot the public treasury to put money in their voters' pockets.

Nick Shirley digs deeper: the taxi scam propping up welfare fraud

In his latest on-the-ground video, conservative journalist Nick Shirley turns his attention squarely to taxpayer-funded taxi operations in Minneapolis, zeroing in on Somali-run transportation companies paid through Medicaid to ferry low-income and medically vulnerable residents to appointments, government offices, and essential services.

This time, Shirley documents visits to multiple listed business addresses that are supposed to be operating taxi services.

What he finds instead are empty or questionable locations and angry confrontations--plenty of shouting, but no paperwork, schedules, vehicles, or proof that legitimate transportation services are actually being provided to Minnesotans footing the bill.

"These transportation companies are what hold all the aid and welfare fraud together," Shirley says in the video, arguing that the taxi operations act as the connective tissue linking fraudulent daycare centers, adult care programs, and healthcare providers.

According to Shirley, the coordination between these entities creates the appearance of legitimate services while enabling mass billing of Medicaid.

His colleague David Hoch puts it more bluntly: "We're shining the light on the fraud, and they have no defense."

The taxi focus has also prompted new firsthand accounts from locals.

In one TikTok video now circulating widely, a former drug addict claims Somali taxi drivers paid him simply to sign ride receipts--documents later used to bill Medicaid--allowing drivers to collect taxpayer money for trips that never happened.

As Shirley's taxi-focused investigation spread, Minnesota's political and media establishment began quietly conceding what watchdogs have warned about for years.

The Minnesota Star Tribune acknowledged that non-emergency medical transportation--including taxi services--has long been vulnerable to fraud, citing industry insiders who say alarms have been ignored.

Scott Isaacson, president of the Minnesota R-80 Transportation Coalition, told the paper that people working in the transportation sector have "been ringing the fraud bell for quite some time," pointing to repeated abuses baked into the system.

State data underscores the scale.

Minnesota Department of Human Services records show Medicaid transportation billings climbing from roughly $80 million in 2018 to more than $115 million by 2024, before dipping last year to about $88 million.

The concerns aren't new.

More than 15 years ago, Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor warned that the state exercised "little statewide oversight" over medical transportation, including taxi services, allowing excessive mileage, unnecessary trips, and weak authorization controls.

It's almost as if Democrats deliberately make it impossible to verify if these charges are real.

...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking with conservative activist Christopher Rufo earlier this month, indicated investigators are deliberately building a sweeping fraud, kickback, and racketeering case tied to Minnesota's Democrat political apparatus.

"My personal motto, and the Treasury motto, is move deliberately and fix things," Bessent said on the podcast. "You're not going to see headlines tomorrow. You're not going to see them next week, but in a month, or a quarter, once we get people in the bear trap, they're not getting out because we will have conclusive evidence to present."

Bessent suggested prosecutors expect plea deals that force lower-level players to flip on those higher up the chain, allowing investigators to map how the system operated and who benefited.

"I think that they will have to make plea deals ... to turn in higher-ups to help us map out how this happened," he said.

And Minnesota, he added, is only the starting point.

"We're going to take this Minnesota strategy map to the other 49 states."


Below, Somali "businesses" paid by the taxpayer to supposedly ferry sick people to doctors turn out to have no vehicles and no parking lots. In one case, they found a bunch of vehicles -- which you paid for -- but those vehicles haven't been moved for six months.

They find no signs of legitimate taxi services, but they do find a lot of Somali thugs physically menacing them.



Here's the full video:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

17h

🚨 BREAKING: A TSA whistleblower exposed to Nick Shirley that he WATCHED Somalis send millions of dollars in *cash* through the airport on a weekly basis via suitcases

$6M PER WEEK.

"There was always 2 individuals traveling. So you would have maybe one guy with $2.2 million and another guy with $3 million."

"Our hands were kind of tied. We couldn't do a whole lot. We would rack our heads all the time like, where are they getting this?!"

"Where in the world are they getting this money? And I had heard about these daycares and whatnot, but I mean, I thought at the time, okay, maybe they had 10 daycares but apparently they have a lot more than that!"

"Millions. Literally millions and millions. I mean, we're talking for a good 5-6 years you're talking...$5-6M per week!" @nickshirleyy


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1 Under the Junta the federal budget doubled. All that money was stolen all of it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm)

2 I thought this was old news, so to speak.

Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (CyFyf)

3 Bilking is their fulltime job.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (Q4cxx)

4 Remember when the Feds would just take people's money if they tried to carry a significant amount of money through an airport? The argument was that meant you were up to something illegal and had to prove you weren't and even then probably wouldn't get your money back

Odd they didn't do it here right?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

5 I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)

6 Walter Curt
Walter Curt
walter curt@wcdispatch

"That would essentially mean that the Somalis were taking a $1 million dollar duffle bag through the airport — EVERY SINGLE DAY — for two years.
Further, we can assume that this is only the money that was flagged.
If the Somalis were just wandering through without declaring every cash bag, we could be talking 10x the amount.

The question then became:
WHY Minneapolis?
Well, after some quick discussing with regular travelers of the MN airports.
The Somalis run the airport.
They’re the ground crews.
They’re the airport staff.
They’re friggin TSA.
We have an airport in the United States of America run by pirates.
That’s kind of a problem. "

Posted by: BORAT SPEAKS TO YOU at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

7 stupid sock

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)

8 The only question is what percentage of that money went to Democrat officials in MN...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (sKqQm)

9 This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)

10 Watched that last night... I was glad to see Nick had some big bodyguards

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (VE6XX)

11 so, we've let Somali pirates fully run an American airport.

that seems like a bad idea.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)

12 Bash in with Humvees and arrest the Somalis. Deport them and their dirty spawn. Then do the same in Maine and Cali.

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (kJmLc)

13 Did DOGE see any of this?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (W2Pud)

14 I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg

We all want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (L/fGl)

15 the Ds flood the zone with fraud

so it's hard to keep track of all of it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)

16 People need to be executed - swiftly.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb)

17 Apparently the path to wealth is crime right now. Either steal it from taxpayers or be a criminal and get donations. It’s crazy.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (OoFl2)

18 This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide?


The point of leftwing governance is to take as much money as possible from the taxpayers.

In this light it makes perfect sense they would pull out all the stops in response to a threat to one of their larger grifts

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

19 6 * 52 = 312 million/year.

Crowd-sourced Foreign Aid.

I don't think that we could say that much if it were proven that this is all their own money. It's part of the prerogative of capital that they should be able to dispose of it how they please.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (Q4cxx)

20 Elon must be right: the deficit was spent on fraud. Three keventy trillion in fraud. Release the CPA's get it all back with interest.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (YlWIZ)

21 Apparently the path to wealth is crime right now. Either steal it from taxpayers or be a criminal and get donations. It’s crazy.

Its the old way to do it.

Build a business and the local warlord will take it so why bother?

Either become his flunkie and get a share of the people he is looting or replace him and loot him.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)

22 Better training is needed.
/s

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (kgFPv)

23 Shut the Minneapolis Airport and arrest the somalis there too

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (kJmLc)

24 I suspect that by the time I am finished typing this, the Washington State legislature will initiate a Bill to make investigating emergency vehicle companies a hate crime.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB)

25 Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.

Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (Hq1Vl)

26 Bilking that American citizens refuse to do.

Who's going to bilk the federal government, after all the Somalis are deported?!

Oh...wait... still Democrats.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (Q4cxx)

27 >>> I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)


I wonder where she hides all those extra vowels.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)

28 None of this happened without the willing participation of the local and the state government. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there we feds involved. They need to be made examples and the state needs to be reverted to a territory.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (luW68)

29 16 People need to be executed - swiftly.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb)

If they threaten agents in their vehicles, neutralize them

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (kJmLc)

30 Omar telling someone else their brain is fried is rich.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (2ocoG)

31 And yet Bessent says "up to 10% of government spending is fraud" which to me sounds implausibly low. I'd guess at least 25% and if you told me 50% I'd believe you.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (FMtrg)

32 Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.

Wasn't the fake meat company something like this? It was all laundering fake dollars while making a product no one would buy...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

33 I suspect that by the time I am finished typing this, the Washington State legislature will initiate a Bill to make investigating emergency vehicle companies a hate crime.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB)
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They can make it legal to bilk the federal government in the state of Washington!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (Q4cxx)

34 This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)



"The satrap was discovered stealing from the emperor's purse beyond what could ignored. Faced with impalement, the ashes or the boats, he raised the flag of rebellion knowing his death was a foregone conclusion if he failed"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

35 This sesame scan operates with uber and Lyft. The medial centers bill insurance companies (or more often Medicaid) say 75 for a ride but they get an uber for their patients that costs $20.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (kgFPv)

36 But it's their culture.
They didn't know any better or so I'm told.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (NpAcC)

37 Our tax dollars at work.

Think of all the great restaurants we got out of it, tho!

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (XuXeR)

38 David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today?
Immigrants or ICE?

-
[waves hand in air]

I know! I know!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl)

39 I note how quickly and loudly these thieves start yelling about racism and islamaphobia.

Almost like it has worked before ....

Also, Trump should fire all the MN TSA agents.
White, Somali, all of them.
And not hire any replacements.
Effectively closing the MN airport.

You say you wanna fight the federal government?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (HXT0k)

40 Cut all the funding and tell the judges to go pound sand.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (2UnvF)

41 Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.

http://tiny.cc/hlpx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (Yp6az)

42 And yet Bessent says "up to 10% of government spending is fraud" which to me sounds implausibly low. I'd guess at least 25% and if you told me 50% I'd believe you.

Maybe he means 10% of the pre-Junta budgets. Which yes sounds low, but not as crazy as claiming most of the trillions the Junta added to the budget weren't being stolen

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

43 "Our hands were kind of tied. We couldn't do a whole lot. We would rack our heads all the time like, where are they getting this?!"

Funny becausevmost people would have the money seized as presumptive fruit of organized crime.

Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (Hq1Vl)

44 10% is given for fraud in any organization. It’s just there and will always be there. What we’re talking about here is more like 60 or 70%.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv)

45 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.

https://is.gd/GlcXJL

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3)

46 so, we've let Somali pirates fully run an American airport.

that seems like a bad idea.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)


Look at me. Look at me! I am the Captain now.

Posted by: Somali TSA Director at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

47 Wasn't the fake meat company something like this? It was all laundering fake dollars while making a product no one would buy...

I don't think they were intending for nobody to buy it, they kind of backed into singing "Springtime for Soy".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

48 Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (Nx5jP)

49 I wonder where she hides all those extra vowels."

Wonder if she'd volunteer for a search? Asking for a friend...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)

50 I'll give Aristotle his due, but I came to that conclusion long ago on my own.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 01:09 PM (dK+Kv)

Compared to you Aristotle was a piker

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (gGWDB)

51 Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.

$800/day to tell some rando your cousin here has a belly ache?

I'd take that job.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

52 How does Minnesomalia even have any money left?

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (gtcuf)

53 Nice work, if you can get it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (bss/y)

54 The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."

You misspelled cousin

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)

55 David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today?
Immigrants or ICE?

-
[waves hand in air]

I know! I know!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl)
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False question. Pissing your pants over ICE doesn't make them "terrorizing".

And rioters are a third omitted option.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx)

56 How does Minnesomalia even have any money left?
Posted by: Delurker


Borrowing on the expectation the next Democrap president and Congress will reimburse them with your money.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (mlg/3)

57 The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."

You misspelled cousin
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)
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Well, obviously it means they have to pay a local Somali!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx)

58 that seems like a bad idea.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)

Nothing gets by The Orchid!

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (gGWDB)

59 Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport"

Same as every gov office, so "no".

Don't even try to apply, if white.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR)

60 And under cover of everything else going on, 84 House Republicans and all of the Democrats voted yesterday to boost funding to the National Endowment for Democracy, which is basically a second USAID (another CIA funding cutout).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

61 My guess that the Somali hired to interpret, in turn, loses his ability to speak English, thus requiring the hiring of another Somali.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (Q4cxx)

62 I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg

We all want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I had one, but she broke my vlaading dinger.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (s01A8)

63 >>I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.


That chick is insanely beautiful.
Hard to imagine she's the same species as most women.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (ZcsJV)

64 Afternoon.

Okay, so to be perfectly honest the whole welfare system is built completely on fraud. The Federal government has no authority to do any of this anyway, they just tell the States, "Hey, do this for us and we'll pay you." And state legislators love this cuz it means they themselves don't have to take hard votes on raising taxes that might mean they lose reelection. I mean that arrangement is corrupt as fuck right there.

The best solution is the one no one wants because everyone is stupid and irresponsible and willing to allow themselves to be governed by wolves.

This is why daddy drinks spanks it to anime women.

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (IQRnY)

65 There is a gas station in my city that is always 30-40 cents more expensive than everywhere else. I have never seen any car at a pump. It’s a ghost town whenever I drive by it which is several times a week.

It is so obviously a front for some kind of money laundering. And yet it’s been around for as long as I can remember.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (kgFPv)

66 Who's disrupting Minnesota more?

Definitely the rioters.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (Q4cxx)

67 Oh come on. Why waste time figuring out how a vast collection of borderline mentally challenged were able (and continue to) bilk the US taxpayer out of billions of dollars when we should be focusing on the important stuff...like a former president's sexual dalliances.

Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (dIske)

68 From pink puthy hats to totally insane pink-haired lesbian militants.

Someone was smart pre-fraud. Import thousands of compliant Somolians. Pluck the heartstrings of everyone: kids, elderly, sick and poor.

Create "grants" to fraud the government, especially Medicaid, for "daycare, home health care, non-emergency transport."

Plus free housing and (I don't know the amt there, but have read for other Dim states), totally free & untaxed $1200- $1500/month for the illegals. Free healthcare at any ED.

Then go for the "normal" welfare used by low income US CITIZENS, who should be outraged: SNAP & WIC benefits to feed children. Granted legal citizens spend SNAP on Doritos and lobster, regardless, dipping into that system.

This creates a voting bloc to vote (D) even if you can't read, you can find the "D" on a ballot.

Due to being poor and downtrodden, use the past bussing ideas for stuffing ballot boxes. Arrive by busses from nursing homes, or paying a homeless person for a vote.

And here we are.

Fraud certainly explains where/why our country is in debt. Why we have elderly and senile Congress critters enriching income, as kickbacks (from pork bills).

It's worse than I thought.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (WONhk)

69 The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."

I'm picturing Bobby Lee doing his Korean translator who doesn't actually speak Korean bit.

"He say, it like....it like a...it like a rumbly. He say it like a rumbly in his tumbly. He say it like a....grrrrr."

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (gtcuf)

70 I want everyone, regardless of party, to either do jail time or executions.

This is unacceptable.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (FzgDV)

71 > Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous.

Her, "FUCK OFF!" cry sounds like an insane bird.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (Yp6az)

72
Eva is a 2.

In binary.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (gGWDB)

73 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3)

She sounds like a bird- like a crow "F off. F off".
Why is people think using the f word makes them strong? Since she had a problem why didn't she just explain it
it and then go away? I sssume people are allowed to hunt there ,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (Nx5jP)

74 I sincerely can't hardly stand reading about this anymore. It's so infuriating.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)

75 What amazing here is all Nick Shirley was find a guy who documented all this fraud. Then put it on the internet.

ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (tV890)

76 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.

https://is.gd/GlcXJL

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

That is hillarious!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl)

77
Not just that airport. Fucking mohammedans and Somalis run damned near every airport in the US. Phoenix was particularly obvious the times I used to go through there on a regular basis for work in the early 2000s.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (y9nCu)

78 Everyone was abuzz yesterday about Judge Jumanji's idiot babbling, but the wide Latina also made an ass of herself.

Andrew Branca says:
Sotomayor insists that the Idaho law banning men from women's sports is specifically targeted at trans people. How does she know? THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY EXPLICITLY SAYS SO, Sotomayor claims.

Only to be shot down in flames by Idaho's Solicitor General Alan Hurst who informs Sotomayor that IN FACT it is REPORTERS who ADDED in BRACKETS the word [trans] in their REPORTING of the legislative history--the legislative history in fact NEVER DOES SO.

http://tiny.cc/8lpx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (Yp6az)

79 ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (tV890)

Could they though

Posted by: Big Somali at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (gGWDB)

80 What we’re talking about here is more like 60 or 70%.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv


See, I believe that. Every time I've had a chance to compare something provided by the government with outside the government, government-provided services and government-funded goods cost four times as much.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (FMtrg)

81 Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.

$800/day to tell some rando your cousin here has a belly ache?

I'd take that job.
Posted by: 18-1

Back off, blood.

Posted by: Zombie Barbara Billingsley at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (G0+xC)

82 25 Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.
Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026

Ha! J just Door Dashed Chipotle protein + fiber bowls to us (he is in MX) because I work tonight. He thought it would help cover lunch and dinner. It at least delivers a product!

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (Wmg4n)

83 Odd they didn't do it here right?
Posted by: 18-1
=======
I think we settled on Mayorkas ordering TSA to stand down yesterday.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)

84 Deport that bitch after she does hard time for a couple of decades.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (xvV+O)

85 concerning Aristotle:

The Greek says, “We have the Parthenon.”

The Italian says, “We have the Coliseum.”

The Greeks says, “We had great mathematicians and philosophers.”

The Italian says, “We created a world empire and established Pax Romana.”

the Greek lights up and says…. “We invented sex!”

The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK8)

86 Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport"

Same as every gov office, so "no".

Don't even try to apply, if white.
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR)
=========

In related news:

(source: Just The News)

"Minnesota's election system has also been under scrutiny for its "Driver's Licenses for All" policy, which lets people have licenses regardless of immigration status. The licenses do not have markings that indicate citizenship, but Minnesota driver's licenses are among the accepted forms of ID for voter registration."

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)

87 The fraud has been going on for decades. You don't run up a $36 trillion dollar deficit any other way than by fraud. So... $36T has been stolen from the public and pissed away on Somali pirates, foreign wars, leftist vanity projects and so on.

Your money. All of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (U2OZr)

88 "My guess that the Somali hired to interpret, in turn, loses his ability to speak English, thus requiring the hiring of another Somali."

And that same Somali can at the same time, run a daycare with 25 ghost kids, while also running a transportation service with ghost customers and cars that never move. Mo' Money Mo' Money.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk)

89 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys.

"Those are decoys not ducks, ya fuckin' retard."

I am dyin'!

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (gtcuf)

90 Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess.

Posted by: GoBucks at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (2ap+5)

91 Clearly, all of MN is rayciss.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (pLaQB)

92 >>Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.


We used to throw duck heads and organs at women who harassed us while Duck Hunting.

They never stuck around for long.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (ZcsJV)

93 It is so obviously a front for some kind of money laundering. "

Drive thru any American city of the past 30 years, and you'll see blocks of strangely "open" but non functional "businesses "

It's nice of you to $$$ for that ..

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (XuXeR)

94 >>> Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3)

M R NUTS

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (3uBP9)

95 More than 15 years ago, Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor warned that the state exercised "little statewide oversight" over medical transportation, including taxi services, allowing excessive mileage, unnecessary trips, and weak authorization controls.
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Probably the Eureka moment for Minnesota Dems.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (Q4cxx)

96 as long as governments have the power to print money, fraud/waste/graft will be inevitable

if there were only a finite supply to go around, fraud would be far less likely/tolerated (because that money has to be taken from someone else, rather than just printed and handed out)

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (V6W16)

97 What amazing here is all Nick Shirley was find a guy who documented all this fraud. Then put it on the internet.

ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this.
Posted by: El Mariachi


Everyone in Minnesota is on the take.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (FzgDV)

98 downgrade MN to a territory
it's bankrupt anyway

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (emBoF)

99 45 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.

https://is.gd/GlcXJL

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM

Good lord, these people need a different hobby.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (xJGPn)

100 Sotomoyer is another DIE jeanuis that should never had even been a traffic court judge.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (xvV+O)

101 I always wondered why so many "refugees" and "asylum seekers" wound up in chilly MN from Somalia, Egypt, etc. Now I know why, fraud is so easy on all levels due to the Gov that it's just a tax-payer loot pinata for them and their Gov enablers. I'm sure they hate the climate, but there's billions to be had. All you have to do is sign on the dotted line where Karen tells you.

Posted by: Croaker at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (+BcZI)

102 What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (pLaQB)

103 Swap Minnesota for Greenland!! Even if all 58,000 Greenlanders are fraudsters we will still be Billions ahead of the game

Posted by: bang-a-gong at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (sfJwR)

104 I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM


I would like an Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

Sadly, I will not get one.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (kgE5c)

105 A lot of this was able to take place because most Americans are honest. It is what keeps our Republic running.

Somalis come from a culture where fraud and dishonesty are the name of the game.

Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER. Certainly your Junior League women can't imagine anyone with that as a basic mindset - it is beyond their privileged experience.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx)

106 https://is.gd/GlcXJL

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

That is hillarious!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl)

We need Richard Attenborough to narrate.

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (A4Y33)

107 38 David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today?
Immigrants or ICE?

-
[waves hand in air]

I know! I know!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/

What’s wrong with showing your passport to a CBP official at a PoE upon arrival in the United States?

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (0GYGE)

108 The segment from the recent Nick Shirley video shows an encounter with a local Somali. It seems the word is out far and wide about how to respond to their committing fraud. Short version: It is all about islamophobia and racism. Of course all of the transportation companies in this segment have zero physical presence at the address they gave the State of Minnesota. This isn't fraud; this is something closer to a conspiracy to loot Minnesota's treasury.

https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w?t=636

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (HTCU3)

109 Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess.

Posted by: GoBucks at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (2ap+5)
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Until, December 2025, I thought is was mainly incompetence. Because that seemed bad enough.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (Q4cxx)

110 mohammedans and Somalis run damned near every airport in the USA "

Tribalism. It's... human nature.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR)

111 What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM


Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (kgE5c)

112 Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transportation Companies...
You know what would solve this problem?
High Speed Rail.

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (UjdFS)

113 Sotomayor seems ... not well

She's terrible but she at least won't last too much longer

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (emBoF)

114 The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."

You misspelled cousin
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)
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Well, obviously it means they have to pay a local Somali!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx)

I wonder how much those sign language scammers make. And yeah, I'm convinced most of them are scammers...

https://youtu.be/ry0PiCUd7PY?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (nbLIj)

115 I just want to remind that the indictment of the Dallas Antifa shooters all-but told them, "we know your comms, all your encrypted channels, and we've been listening."

And that it sure looks like the hidden goal of bombing the drug boats was to have an excuse to openly park an aircraft carrier off the coast.

But surging ICE to Minneapolis is all that's going on ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (HXT0k)

116 Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER"

What we call the West is just a fraction of the world...

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (XuXeR)

117 >>> I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM

I would like an Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

Sadly, I will not get one.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (kgE5c)


Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (3uBP9)

118 74 I sincerely can't hardly stand reading about this anymore. It's so infuriating.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)

Wait until Nick Shirley comes to California. Minnesota will be pikers in comparison.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (xJGPn)

119 ***Somali "businesses" paid by the taxpayer to supposedly ferry sick people to doctors turn out to have no vehicles
---

But what about the sick people, how did they get to the doctor?
"Sick people, fuck them."
. _Some Somalian on the take

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (AvfvA)

120 Anyone letting themselves get angry over the news at this point, please remind yourself there will be plenty of time for that when D's take back over the presidency or whatever. In the meantime, enjoy these days, they are good ones.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (gGWDB)

121 Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys.

"Those are decoys not ducks, ya fuckin' retard."

I am dyin'!
Posted by: Delurker


Video it. Call Mr Green Jeans (game warden)
Tell him you want to press charges.
Hunter harassment is illegal in all of Obama's 57 states.

It'll never stop until they start paying a heavy price.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (FzgDV)

122
Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (3uBP9)



So Billy G isn't so evil after all....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

123 https://is.gd/GlcXJL

SHOOT HER

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (Kt19C)

124 How many immigrants will leave if we just stop the fraud and the handouts?

Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (0MjtC)

125 The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK

I heard the same joke but it was a Greek and a Jew.

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (A4Y33)

126 Fraud certainly explains where/why our country is in debt. Why we have elderly and senile Congress critters enriching income, as kickbacks (from pork bills).

It's worse than I thought.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

The fraud, waste, and abuse is everywhere. It is just that the Somalians were so careless they didn't care or weren't smart enough to cover for it.

Bessent mentioned 350-600 billion in fraud, Musk says about 1.5 Trillion, between 600 billion and 1.5 trillion per year. If we roughly split the difference since 2009 when Obama came in at 1 trillion per year on average, that would mean out of 38 trillion, that 16 trillion was fraud, waste, or abuse spending. With interest, that would be over half of the current federal debt.

Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (WDjG6)

127 Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
.......

Half the price!

Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (UjdFS)

128 What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM

Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Nah. Heated skybridges for the homeless in DT Minneapolis.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (HTCU3)

129 And that same Somali can at the same time, run a daycare with 25 ghost kids, while also running a transportation service with ghost customers and cars that never move. Mo' Money Mo' Money.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk)
---
It's already been documented that Somalis running "daycares" claim they send their kids to the "daycares" of other Somalis.

An interpreter who is his own interpreter has a fool for a speaker. Or something.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (Q4cxx)

130 During Biden, I noticed the Democrats had stopped offering big new entitlement programs

Instead they spent huge sums on programs for NGOs and others.

This lines up with it all being fraud.

Posted by: coba at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (IuIym)

131 Wow...the Left is getting beat down by this. No excuses or attempts to justify, it's all just "Shirley is retarded."

He didnt “expose” anything lmao. The entire video is literally him harassing Somalis with unverified claims and crying that they dont want to play his game anymore.

Nick Shirley has subhuman IQ and his reporting was totally fraudulent. That would matter to you if you weren't a basic partisan cheerleader for your favorite pedophile.

Nick Shirley is the average republican: easily confused, getting scared about things he doesnt understand, getting taken advantage by people richer and smarter than he is and without a doubt being absolutely retarded.

Do you think Nick would get the attention if he were to report on the easy to find fraud from folks like Trevor Milton (pardoned by Trump)? Probably not because he's MAGA, and white.

If they are in fact guilty they may to consider a donation to Trumps Super PAC and this problem will just go away.

The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (JCZqz)

132 The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (rJ48h)

133 This is all because of Obamacare. People wanted socialized healthcare, this is what happens.

Socialism is blatant theft.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (g8Ew8)

134 Don't say it's only Somalis who won't assimilate. Our station employee, Perini Scleroso, has been in country for 45 years and hardly speaks a word of comprehensible English. Yeah, she's tried, at least, and she's kinda useful around the Network.

Posted by: Guy Caballero at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (oftw2)

135 Quick get the fat stupid SCOTUS latina justice a milk shake!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (xvV+O)

136 Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.
Posted by: banana
---

Bill Gates is chairman of the board on one of the 3 biggest builders of Nuclear Reactors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (AvfvA)

137 55 False question. Pissing your pants over ICE doesn't make them "terrorizing".

And rioters are a third omitted option.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx)

=======

The rioters all being white is a sign that it's just local antifa using an excuse to make mayhem to bring about utopia.

The localized aspect of the violence indicates their numbers are small.

Their quick dispersal before they could get into the weapons box is indication that they fear the feds that came after them.

I wouldn't want to go to war with them as my soldiers, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

138 Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (WDjG6)
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I want an ice cream freezer just like Nancy Pelosi's.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (rj6Yv)

139 "Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess." Posted by: GoBucks

Mob bosses across the USA praise the Minnesota thieves as incredible successes. The mafias have been taking notes for a decade or so, and are figuring out how become "Documented Victims" so they too can cash in Big Time.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (vbXSk)

140 >>Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys.


You could have described her to a Sketch Artist and nailed the ID without ever seeing the video.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (ZcsJV)

141 this is not for the groyper-light here, this is for ace :

Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
3h
New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers

🔴 Rubio 45%
🔴 Vance 31%
🔴 DeSantis 15%
🔴 RFK Jr 9%


Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK)

142 132 The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (rJ48h)

=======

Federal Minnesota courts are not Minneapolis courts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO)

143 108 The segment from the recent Nick Shirley video shows an encounter with a local Somali. It seems the word is out far and wide about how to respond to their committing fraud. Short version: It is all about islamophobia and racism. Of course all of the transportation companies in this segment have zero physical presence at the address they gave the State of Minnesota. This isn't fraud; this is something closer to a conspiracy to loot Minnesota's treasury.

https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w?t=636
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (WDjG6)

144 Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US.
Posted by: whig


I can see why the French Revolution cut so deep.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (FzgDV)

145 143 I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (WDjG6)

=======

"Oh, what did I say?! I'm so sorry!"
-2007

"Fuck you."
-2026

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

146 That chick they dragged out of the car the other day should have used the Somali Taxi services to take her to her appointment!

Posted by: DamnedYankee at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (VRFEL)

147 76 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.

https://is.gd/GlcXJL

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

That is hillarious!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl)

There is a total disconnect with physical reality for a lot of the AWFUL set. She walked up to MEN WITH GUNS, and still somehow felt safe berating them.

It was the same with using a car to rundown ICE Officers... they feel safe...

Welp folks... time for us Men to take the gloves off.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (mP0Kj)

148 woke reich is not the answer

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

149 I want an ice cream freezer just like Nancy Pelosi's.
Posted by: mrp
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Identify as a Somalian and start a learing center or a home health care transportation service company.

At your trial, insist on being called a white Somalian.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (WDjG6)

150 woke reich is not the answer, and 2028 is far away , but...interesting

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (g47mK)

151 Again, this kid deserves the Pulitzer and every other Journalism award.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (aZm/F)

152 "Oh, what did I say?! I'm so sorry!"
-2007

"Fuck you."
-2026

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO) ===

Some of us were FUCK YOU CVNT IN 2007.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (xvV+O)

153 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)

154 BTW, Mark Steyn at his site has a video compendium of his many conversations with Eva over the years.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (77rzZ)

155 You can believe him. He's a pastor.

Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl)

156 The Washington State AWFL was the Common Blue Coated Karen. Her call of "fuck off, fuck off ,fuck off" is being heard frequently these days

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (Oql3v)

157 Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
3h
New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers

🔴 Rubio 45%
🔴 Vance 31%
🔴 DeSantis 15%
🔴 RFK Jr 9%

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK)

RFK's number should be zero. I'm fine with the guy in the Trump Administration but he's still a lefty.

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (A4Y33)

158 I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population. Posted by: whig

Concur. It is pretty much performance art anymore - sort of like Lucha libre's jumping off the the top rope onto a prone opponent.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (HTCU3)

159 Face it. The Somalis are the mob of Minneapolis.

They probably have pictures of Mayor Hair on a bad hair day.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (Q4cxx)

160 The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance./i]

Break this down for a moment...

The pro-unlimited immigration group has noted that the anti-unlimited immigration group is the one to look into whether immigrants are going straight on welfare...and the fact they would do so makes them a hate group.

It is a exercise in stupidity - of course groups opposed to something are more likely to look at the activity closely for crime or fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

161 142 132 The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.

Posted by: mr tmz

An almost unbroken string of Illinois Governors have gone to Federal Prison after committing crimes in their home state.

You wouldn't think that Sen, Menendez could be convicted in NJ, but that happened.

Posted by: It Can Happen at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (oftw2)

162 his is not for the groyper-light here, this is for ace :

Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
3h
New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers

🔴 Rubio 45%
🔴 Vance 31%
🔴 DeSantis 15%
🔴 RFK Jr 9%


Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK)

efff the groyper lovers.

I was leaning towards Emporer Rubio anyway.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gHU/A)

163 Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.

Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen.

WTF?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW)

164 I can see why the French Revolution cut so deep.
Posted by: rickb223
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Yep, even though the French aristocracy by historical standards was not that awful compared with other nations.

I also think that is in play in Iran. The mullahs looted the country to play the superpower abroad, seek useless nukes, and to become fabulously wealthy. Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro as well. And Mexico, and .......

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (WDjG6)

165 The 1st Minnesota would kick Tim Walz's lame ass.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (X4XpB)

166 This is a variation of the old scam involving transportation, medical care, and lawyers. In the old scam, it was mostly insurance companies that were defrauded.

The scam was to get a bunch of guys in a van or bus. Crash the van into another van full of guys. Both vans and all the guys are in on it.

You know have 12-15 people all claiming injury. They all go to the same medical clinic/doctor. The clinic bilks the fuck out of the insurance company for fake injuries. The transportation company does the same, pretending to ferry the guys back and forth to the clinic. The "injured" guys all get a piece of this action.

Then the lawyers sue for personal injuries, and again everyone gets a piece. We're taking millions of dollars just from one "accident."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

167 Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER. Certainly your Junior League women can't imagine anyone with that as a basic mindset - it is beyond their privileged experience.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx)

If you deal with anyone who supports the Democrats, you've dealt with this mindset. Most of us are guilty of papering it over because we want to keep getting along with family, friends, coworkers, and whatnot.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

168 At least they are not boarding ships in the Great lakes for ransom

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (i+wP0)

169 And under cover of everything else going on, 84 House Republicans and all of the Democrats voted yesterday to boost funding to the National Endowment for Democracy, which is basically a second USAID (another CIA funding cutout).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)


Why won't voters turn out for Republican Congressional elections? I just don't get it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

170
I wonder how much those sign language scammers make. And yeah, I'm convinced most of them are scammers...

https://youtu.be/ry0PiCUd7PY?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (nbLIj)

Ever since the Kung Flu Panic, officials seem to be choosing them over closed captioning, despite the improvements in AI. My theory has been a mass importation of people who can't read English, but who knows, it could all be a scam.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not getting her cut at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (Wt5PA)

171 Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.

Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen.

WTF?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW)
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As someone pointed out above, apparently the MN airport is run by Somalis for the glory of the Somali Empire.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (ESVrU)

172 Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl)

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That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (aZm/F)

173 Remember when little old ladies were sweet grandmotherly types?

That "woman" is what happens when you don't have kids, only cats, and make a criminal organization called the democrat party your god.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (xvV+O)

174 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)

Trump's rhetoric aside (and it's not helping), it's amusing to see the Europeans flex against the one major power least likely to give them problems.

Lookin' tough, fellas!

Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (A4Y33)

175 The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM


BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Wait...you're serious?

Let me laugh harder.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (kgE5c)

176 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John

European performance art. I think Germany and France sent 15 troops each for a 2 day deployment. The point? That they are tuff stuff.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (HTCU3)

177 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (uWKK8)

178
Bromar Omar is a tick, her constituents are ticks.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (NtVYv)

179 153 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)

Well... we could go to Greenland, or they were going to send us to the Eastern Front in Ukraine...

Posted by: Euro Troops at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (mP0Kj)

180 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)
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HAH! They are going to have to DEFEND those troops!

Trump just got NATO to firm up allied control of Greenland!!

Don't tell me that's not a possibility, here.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (Q4cxx)

181 Back when there were reports of immigrants eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, it was indicated that the local officials were just fine with it all because every house and apartment was filled to capacity and the US government was paying the bill.
Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, Attorney General Ellison and many others have gotten campaign contributions from many of the fraudsters.
The real unasked question is ... will they give the money back ?

Of course they won't because they are DIRTY, DIRTY DIRTY

Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (GITLP)

182
The usual progressive airheads have simultaneously begun mouthing the claim that Trump will impose martial law to steal the upcoming election. They are laying the groundwork for their response when the Insurrection Act is set in motion. And the left has been deliberately providing the basis to set it in motion. They have a plan.

The corrupt sold-out municipal governments have to be taken over. And the local police have to gain a new understanding of where their next paychecks are coming from.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (yzZYy)

183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

184 Yo ho yo ho a Somali pirate’s life for me

Posted by: Johnny at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (tn61m)

185 >> European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.


LOL

They have almost no troops and the ones they do have are completely useless without US Weapons, Training and Funding.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ZcsJV)

186
The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (IifOV)

187 Sotomayor seems ... not well

She's terrible but she at least won't last too much longer
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Jumanji is brain dead.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (L/fGl)

188 LOL, Karoline went off on some leftie twat reporter.

"you're a left-wing hack pretending to be a reporter."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (HXT0k)

189 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)
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HAH! They are going to have to DEFEND those troops!

Trump just got NATO to firm up allied control of Greenland!!

Don't tell me that's not a possibility, here.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (Q4cxx)
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Wait until the Euroweenies encounter polar bears toting harpoon cannons and walruses armed with fully-automatic assault weapons.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ESVrU)

190 That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Tells me his church is getting money for refugee resettlement and other grifts.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (WDjG6)

191 You can believe him. He's a pastor.

Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM


I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c)

192 171 Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.

Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen.

WTF?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW)
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As someone pointed out above, apparently the MN airport is run by Somalis for the glory of the Somali Empire.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (ESVrU)

Asset forfeiture is run out of the Federal Prosecutors Office in that State... DHS has a whole handbook on it.

This goes higher than 'just' airport folks.

Posted by: Euro Troops at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)

193 177 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (uWKK

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I would trend towards believing this.

Not because of the specifics.

But because it fits the overall Democrat playbook since Obama.

Win the narrative cycle. They think they can call Trump a traitor while he...acquires nearly unlimited power in MN to bring order and punish those in the state who made it possible.

Win the narrative, maybe, and massively lose the policy fight.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

194 While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.
Good plan EU, you so care about the plebes

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v)

195
Trump went from

Unserious to Klansman to Nazi to Sexist to Rapist to Russian Agent to Rapist to Bank Defrauder to Pedophile

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (gGWDB)

196 186
The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.
Posted by: Frank Barone
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You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (WDjG6)

197 Wait until the Euroweenies encounter polar bears toting harpoon cannons and walruses armed with fully-automatic assault weapons.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ESVrU)
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SMG-toting penguins riding armored attack walruses.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (X4XpB)

198 Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more conversational, immersive and emotionally responsive, clinicians are beginning to ask a difficult question: can genAI exacerbate or even trigger psychosis in vulnerable people? Large language models and chatbots are widely accessible, and often framed as supportive, empathic or even therapeutic. For most users, these systems are helpful or, at worst, benign. But as of late, a number of media reports have described people experiencing psychotic symptoms in which ChatGPT features prominently.

Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (GITLP)

199 158 I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population. Posted by: whig

Concur. It is pretty much performance art anymore - sort of like Lucha libre's jumping off the the top rope onto a prone opponent.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (HTCU3)

The AWFL's have already chosen their side, so there's no point in worrying about what they think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (uWKK8)

200 "Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone."

But if they come from Gates' labs, they will have some homicidal trait, to achieve the Gates goal of vast reduction of global populations. Men will be made infertile at best, or deep sixed at worst.

Gates Man Eaters.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (vbXSk)

201 Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl)

Much of the shit like this, either video or printed, is AI generated. The Ruthless guys covered it quite well.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (g8Ew8)

202 I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c)

Someone needs to remind him about that little Commandment...

The one about bearing false witness?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

203 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)
____

"Ripped from the headlines!"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

204 Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM

That ICE agent? Albert Einstein.

Then everybody clapped.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (gGWDB)

205 Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl)

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That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (aZm/F)

It's like one of those evergreen "This morning my six-year old asked me "Mommy? How long will ICE keep killing peaceful protestors and innocent brown people? My best friend is brown and I don't want him to die!" type deals.

Posted by: Sure, Jan. Sure. at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (TbWk/)

206 >>The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.
Posted by: Frank Barone
=======
>>You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those.


... and inbreeding.

They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ZcsJV)

207 Why is ANYONE paying any fcking taxes?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ULPxl)

208 Pastors never cheat with parishioners, either, right?

They never pilfer the funds.

That's how you know they never lie.

'Cause Jesus.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q4cxx)

209 Watching Goldie's YouTube page. She's on break. Armin Navabi had Carolyn Levitt on doing a press briefing.

I couldn't do that. I'd tell the media they're all idiots.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (FzgDV)

210 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
-
Does he have any evidence, like any of them saying that?

Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)

211 A year ago Nick Shirley went to Greenland and asked the locals what they thought about joining the USA. The answers are interesting.

https://youtu.be/ndm5Xsq45jM

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (HTCU3)

212 Since he has a rainbow flag prominently displayed and he' s wearing a collar and this in MN, my guess is he's ELCA and Lutheran services did a lot to support " refugees. I don't believe any of that happened and certainly not the bit about arresting a white man is not as much fun.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (ix8EF)

213 183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest.

Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)

214 I couldn't do that. I'd tell the media they're all idiots.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (FzgDV)
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Evergreen:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=8EsUNOIYyKg

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (X4XpB)

215 177 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Possibly but that is also probably why Trump is playing rope a dope with it.

This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others.

I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6)

216 efff the groyper lovers.

I was leaning towards Emporer Rubio anyway.
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch

ICE WILL DISAPPEAR HIM BECAUSE HE'S BROWN!!!!

Posted by: Shrieking Lefty Harridans at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (JCZqz)

217 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John

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Did they issue them their one round?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (2UnvF)

218 The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.
Posted by: Frank Barone
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You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (WDjG6)
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Yup. Been that way for 100s of years. Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery. Their culture makes Thunderdome look like Shangri-La. These loathsome feral scumbags would sell their grandmothers into slavery if they could make money on it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

219 While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v)
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The EU is okay with that though. They welcome their knew Imam overlords.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Q4cxx)

220 >>> I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c)

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That's the exact comment I left, even to the $ amount, on the video when I saw it yesterday.

Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (CyFyf)

221 >>> Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Bill Gates is chairman of the board on one of the 3 biggest builders of Nuclear Reactors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (AvfvA)


That's for all the giant radioactive Eva Vlaardingerbroek battle robots.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (3uBP9)

222 Don't worry. Everything is going to be ok.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (QGaXH)

223 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
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The UK is about to pass a law to raise the draft age to 65.

But they can totally go toe-to-toe with the US ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (HXT0k)

224 >>> 220 >>> I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c)

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That's the exact comment I left, even to the $ amount, on the video when I saw it yesterday.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (CyFyf)

Behold, the power of HordeMind!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (ULPxl)

225 The onion being peeled each day is infuriating to read and these wildings need to be put down. I wish Trump would just pull the plug and do it. This is not going to help to let it go on. People are going to complain and riot over it anyways you might as well do it.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Q0yOR)

226 This is the funding mechanism for the democrat party. They are probably getting more than half of the stolen money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (7eTGL)

227 They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking, but mostly sister fucking.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM


Fixed to conform to the AoSHQ Meme Guide

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c)

228 Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)
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Was it a landslide when you were elected Armchair President?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (Q4cxx)

229 We’ve complained about jihadis in America holding security-sensitive positions. We were concerned about the wrong kind of jihad.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (o2ZRX)

230 Yup. Been that way for 100s of years. Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery. Their culture makes Thunderdome look like Shangri-La. These loathsome feral scumbags would sell their grandmothers into slavery if they could make money on it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

So what you're saying is they're highly civilized and intelligent people who enrich their communities financially and culturally.

Posted by: Cathy Newman at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (TbWk/)

231 Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV

Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.

https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)

232 I hope Nick Shirley and David get themselves some protection when they do this. The dudes have stones, that's for sure.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (th/4a)

233 Behold, the power of HordeMind!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM


Beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (kgE5c)

234 228 Was it a landslide when you were elected Armchair President?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (Q4cxx)

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That's when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, wasn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

235 For years, I've wondered how bazillions of federal dollars seem to just vanish into thin air

was it bad accounting or oversight, sloppy reporting, useless projects?

No
it was being stolen, right under our noses

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)

236 ... and inbreeding.

They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking.

Posted by: garrett
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Inbreeding is sui generis among Islamic countries to the extent of causing a massive problem of mental retardation among the general population.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (WDjG6)

237 Scott Bissent strikes me as a person with a vindictive streak. Lot of showboats and loudmouths in the administration. I don't think he is one.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (MZ+PY)

238 I wonder what the likelihood that all those vacant warehouses and "daycares" could be housing and transporting weapons and ammo. Piss them off and pull their meal ticket and ... blammo.

There's your "bloody insurrection".

Posted by: Derak at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ce3ev)

239 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John

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Did they issue them their one round?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (2UnvF)

Yes. But they have to put that round in their shirt pockets.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (g8Ew8)

240 >>Fixed to conform to the AoSHQ Meme Guide
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c)


Thanks. I will have CBD forward you 10% of the proceeds from my comment for Editorial Services Rendered.

I'm gonna need to send you some Tax forms, though.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (ZcsJV)

241
Why is ANYONE paying any fcking taxes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

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The government owes us an apology for what it did with our money.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (x4Mz/)

242 Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)


This is my default setting. Somehow people's better natures will emerge, they will be ashamed of what they've been doing, and they will mend their ways.

I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature.

Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg)

243 >>> 215
==
This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others.

I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6)

He has been cutting off money and attriting the timwalz cannon fodder from his first day back in office. There's a bunch of mush-brained LIVs who need to be persuaded that things really are bad enough to do the "mean" things that need to be done (or at least bad enough that they don't think they need to LARP at stopping OrangeManBad).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (ULPxl)

244 BTW 14% of the budget is a trillion.

In case anyone is counting and/or ok with a little math

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (gGWDB)

245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (Q0yOR)

246 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

I hope they packed for the weather.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (IifOV)

247 Finally, Candy O returns to reality.

Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler That "Agents" Followed "Since He Was Young" To "Change An Outcome"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (L/fGl)

248 There's also Nick Searcy. Lot of based Nicks.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (gGWDB)

249 I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

250
Then the lawyers sue for personal injuries, and again everyone gets a piece. We're taking millions of dollars just from one "accident."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

A judge in Orange County just pleaded guilty to fraud of workman's comp and he was working with a doctor. I'm not sure how it worked but this is sadly pervasive.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (xJGPn)

251 Candace Owens needs to investigate the horrible persecution of Bat Boy.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

252 The onion being peeled each day is infuriating to read and these wildings need to be put down. I wish Trump would just pull the plug and do it. This is not going to help to let it go on. People are going to complain and riot over it anyways you might as well do it.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Q0yOR)
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You're free to wish that.

It doesn't make it the best tactical decision.

As I fully think Trump is planning to have another election, the People will ultimately decide who gets to continue in charge of this country. There will be another vote, and the administration is going to have to look guiltless enough to win it.

The people may agree with "Yeah, we had the power and the Constitutional prerogative to do it." But, they may not.

This solution is necessarily logistic and political at the same time.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (Q4cxx)

253 243 He has been cutting off money and attriting the timwalz cannon fodder from his first day back in office. There's a bunch of mush-brained LIVs who need to be persuaded that things really are bad enough to do the "mean" things that need to be done (or at least bad enough that they don't think they need to LARP at stopping OrangeManBad).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (ULPxl)

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No one has screamed about the cut off funds for like 2 days, so it's forgotten and not even happening.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

254 I want to know how I can get in on this fraud so I can afford to have Sydney Sweeney dance for me every night.

Really, it's for the children.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (BSdIE)

255 Candace Owens needs a nice, padded cell.

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (gtcuf)

256 EU when the US has designs on Greenland: We will fight for it!

EU when China or Russia has designs on Greenland: Come on in boys! Can I get you something to drink? Some fermented shark perhaps?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (2UnvF)

257 Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler

Ye cannae break the laws o' physics, Candace!

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (gKWVE)

258 >>Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler That "Agents" Followed "Since He Was Young" To "Change An Outcome"


“Listen, and understand! That Jewminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
– Candace Owens

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ZcsJV)

259 >>> 242 Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)

This is my default setting. Somehow people's better natures will emerge, they will be ashamed of what they've been doing, and they will mend their ways.

I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg)

something something "seared consciences"

As many as possible low-level timwalzes need to be pushed or pulled away from the psychos at the top.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ULPxl)

260 239 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox New

Why? Trump was hardly going to invade Greenland.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ix8EF)

261 245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar
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Money from clicks. Think the sideshow carny.

She was never a serious thinker nor worthy of much account other than the rare "black female conservative" card.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (WDjG6)

262 Somalian goes to Somalian “doctor”. The doctor bills Medicaid $250. And the Somalian also needs an interpreter. So the cousin of the “doctor” is hired to interpret at $100/visit.

Oh and of course there is never an actual doctor visit. It’s all on paper only.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (kgFPv)

263 Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade


AoS turned into a poetry site so slowly I hardly noticed.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (Fs0KI)

264
There it is. Candace Owens is Andy Kauffman. I knew that fucker didn't die.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (gGWDB)

265 Does Candy O really have millions of viewers, or is it all fake and gay? I'm figuring fake and gay.

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (gtcuf)

266 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

I hope they packed for the weather.
Posted by: Frank Barone

The invasion is off!

Great Britain sends one soldier to defend Greenland (Norway sent two)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (L/fGl)

267 "European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News."

Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk)

268 245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar

She’s just a grifter. What’s troubling is all the people who buy into her insanity.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (kgFPv)

269 As we keep pointing out, the Dems are facing existential, extinction-level events:

- their funding is being cut
- their illegal voters are being removed, both physical and the phantom registrations
- they've become so dependent upon laundered government funds, they have too few real donors left
- they are losing the youth and have no "bench" of stars
- while every day looks more and more likely that sitting elected officials are going to be criminally charged for enabling the laundering and vote fraud

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (HXT0k)

270 When The Canuck Reich arrested a pastor for not following COVID regulations I remember the left cheered - just because he is a minister and just because its in a church doesn't make him above the law they said...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

271
I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else?
Posted by: Eeyore

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Yeah, it was Shirley. But I don't think we've seen the smoking gun yet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (x4Mz/)

272 Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.
Posted by: redridinghood

I can fix her!

Posted by: No one ever at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (JCZqz)

273 Headline (Reuters):

"Dollar rises as US jobless claims unexpectedly fall"

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv)

274 Valhalla I am coming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (B3wdz)

275 The Greek says, “We have the Parthenon.”

The Italian says, “We have the Coliseum.”

The Greeks says, “We had great mathematicians and philosophers.”

The Italian says, “We created a world empire and established Pax Romana.”

the Greek lights up and says…. “We invented sex!”

The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK



Cleopatra was not as beautiful as history makes her out to be.
But that's how Julius Ceaser....

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)

276 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Possibly but that is also probably why Trump is playing rope a dope with it.

This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others.

I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6)
____

Yea. As I said in the earlier thread, I think Trump is playing this wisely. And he's winning. A few smelly antifag types spray-painting a private car and parading around sucking each other's dicks isn't stopping ICE and DHS from kicking ass and taking names. If anything, ICE/DHS has stepped up enforcement and arrests. Trump is getting great results using the existing forces in MN.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

277 >>Does Candy O really have millions of viewers, or is it all fake and gay? I'm figuring fake and gay.


I guarantee that the Intel Services are behind most, if not ALL, of the Botting done to Streamers / Online Pundits.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (ZcsJV)

278


F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?

Posted by: imp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (g6TN6)

279 246 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

I hope they packed for the weather.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (IifOV)

Nice of them to make bases and keep them warm for us.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (9Ovst)

280 271
I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else?
Posted by: Eeyore

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Yeah, it was Shirley. But I don't think we've seen the smoking gun yet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (x4Mz/)

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Some MN government employee testified it to Congress last week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)

281 213 183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest.
Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
Everybody who ever had anything to do with that trash should go to prison.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (o2ZRX)

282 Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk)

That is a German battalion.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:00 PM (gGWDB)

283 273 Headline (Reuters):

"Dollar rises as US jobless claims unexpectedly fall"

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv)

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The high GDP is just hiding the fact that America is losing purchasing power because everyone's getting fired in the worst economy since Trump's first term

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

284 A judge in Orange County just pleaded guilty to fraud of workman's comp and he was working with a doctor. I'm not sure how it worked but this is sadly pervasive.
Posted by: CaliGirl

California has long had literally fraud networks on workman's comp and accidents where the petitioners, the lawyers, doctors, and even judges are involved in putting the cost on taxpayers or insurance companies via collusion. Workman's comp insurance (and accident insurance) for businesses is at nosebleed levels for the poor honest guy trying to run a business there. Big companies self insure to avoid the racket.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (WDjG6)

285 Owens sounds like whatever you call someone who spreads ridiculous bullshit stories to discredit other genuinely weird shit that is real.

Maybe "Brigitte" really is a man?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (ULPxl)

286 “I’m here to help you. I’m Candace. Sergeant DreamTech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You’ve been targeted for termination.”
– Candace Owens

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV)

287 278
Yea. As I said in the earlier thread, I think Trump is playing this wisely. And he's winning. A few smelly antifag types spray-painting a private car and parading around sucking each other's dicks isn't stopping ICE and DHS from kicking ass and taking names. If anything, ICE/DHS has stepped up enforcement and arrests. Trump is getting great results using the existing forces in MN.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

=====

I believe DHS tripled its presence in the last week.

There are more ICE officers in Minneapolis than local cops.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (GBKbO)

288 Completely anecdotal but I saw the shit with my own eyes:

Mormons are now shopping and traveling in packs with their refugee wage slaves now on the weekends here in Boise. You'll see five or ten Oxy-Mom Mormon broads surrounding two or three obvious foreigners in the stores (with foreign costumes on to make sure you know it) just daring ICE to take away their maids and car-washers.


The Mormons have made fortunes selling Idaho to illegals and Chobani in the last ten years.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (6V14C)

289 I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg)
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I'm the same way. I don't like that Good was shot. I don't think the officer did any good shooting her. That's got nothing to do with what was well within legal power. The caveat on that opinion is that I'm not comfortable saying what he should have done given how quick his own phone vid shows it happened. She backed and turned toward where he was standing.

It happened so fast that loonies are now saying that the video was "sped up". Because they know that at the speed it shows, they have less of a case.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (Q4cxx)

290 Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.

https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)

Project MKUltra has entered the chat...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (mP0Kj)

291 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7)
____

In dragon boats?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

292 I see Britain is sending one officer to Greenland. Valhalla, indeed. Nice one, Chuck.

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (Q0yOR)

293 255 Candace Owens needs a nice, padded cell.

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM

I heard that she is convinced that Charlie Kirk was a time traveler, and was possibly killed by time traveling Jews now?

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (IifOV)

294 Hundreds of Millions of Dollars by Running Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transporation Companies

We've discovered the real "virtual economy", haven't we?

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (Q7yzj)

295 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
Posted by: imp

I gotta read slower. I thought you just got hit with the strongest tornado in world history.

Posted by: Huked on Foniks Werked Four Mi! at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (oftw2)

296 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
Posted by: imp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (g6TN6)

***

With a camera pod? Kinda early for Spring Break though.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB)

297 282 Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk)

That is a German battalion.
Posted by: ...
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Back off jack, they are sending their Meal Team Six armed with multifunction Swiss Army knives. And they know how to use that corkscrew mister.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (WDjG6)

298 L&O was good when it started out, especially in the Moriarty years.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

299 Candace might be the first person to avoid liability for slander and defamation because the court finds she's bat shit crazy and no one in their right minds would pay attention to her

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Oql3v)

300 People need to be executed - swiftly.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb)

If they threaten agents in their vehicles, neutralize them

Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (kJmLc)
-

It's getting much worse:

https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n

Believe what they're telling you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb)

301 If you spend any time on your tube going down rabbit holes it’s not just Candace. There are A LOT of people pushing the Charlie Kirk conspiracies. Everything from the Jews (of course) killed him to the cia, MI5, TPUSA execs, his wife, his parents, his in laws you name it. It’s a circus. And these people all get views.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (kgFPv)

302 [ii]European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

Heh. In the dead of winter. Their ancestors thought it was "Green", too.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Q7yzj)

303 >>> 281 213 183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest.
Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
Everybody who ever had anything to do with that trash should go to prison.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (o2ZRX)

I'm so old, I can remember an L&O episode in which a white dude was taking pictures of kids in their skivvies... because he was an employee of a Big Pharma company conducting drug tests on little brown children.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ULPxl)

304 Embattled EU Top Diplomat Kaja Kallas Says That the State of the World Means It May Be a ‘Good Moment to Start Drinking’

Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (GITLP)

305 Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.

https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda
Posted by: redridinghood


She has went around the bend.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (FzgDV)

306 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox New

Why? Trump was hardly going to invade Greenland.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ix8EF)
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Exactly.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (Q4cxx)

307 You know who else was unemployed in Greenland?

Fezzig.

A character in a Rob Reiner film.

Connect the dots, people.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (6V14C)

308 The hot new Jew conspiracy concerns Argentina.

They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (kgFPv)

309 Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.

https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda

Posted by: redridinghood
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Is Charlie the type of guy to kill baby Hitler?

He didn't kill baby Hitler though--did he?!

He must LIKE Hitler!!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Q4cxx)

310 298 L&O was good when it started out, especially in the Moriarty years.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

L&O SVU lost something when Stabler left. It was always satisfying see him perform his patented "Stabler-smash" on a runaway perp.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (9Ovst)

311 C’mon, we all know it was the contractor for Trump’s ballroom who killed Charlie.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (77rzZ)

312 Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (YlWIZ)

313 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?

Trump has finally HAD IT with the Disney live action remakes.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (Fs0KI)

314 286 “I’m here to help you. I’m Candace. Sergeant DreamTech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You’ve been targeted for termination. by Hebrew Nation.
– Candace Owens
Posted by: garrett

Probably more accurate threat in her deluded mind.

Posted by: Fake AoS editor at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (JCZqz)

315 208 Pastors never cheat with parishioners, either, right?

They never pilfer the funds.

That's how you know they never lie.

'Cause Jesus.
Posted by: Axeman at January

Of course they do, because they are humans and flawed. But there are some amazing pastors who walk the walk, and do it with humility.

Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OoFl2)

316 While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v)
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The EU is okay with that though. They welcome their knew Imam overlords.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Q4cxx)

I think you're on to Trump's plan.
1. Get Euro's to send troops to Greeland
B. Scare mullahs outta Iran to newly defenseless Euro countries
III. Profit!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (qz889)

317 That Karen screaming at the duck hunters?

Her inspiration:
https://youtu.be/SIaFtAKnqBU

Posted by: mindful webworker - a great ringtone at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (FMpsC)

318 “Listen, and understand! That Jewminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
– Candace Owens
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ZcsJV)

The 600 series had rubber skin and yarmulkes. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, pay full retail, everything.

Posted by: JewNet became self-aware on August 19, 1997. Oy vey! at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)

319 Why do Somalis all look alike?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (8CIFn)

320 The UK government put up a playable video game intended to teach people that whites are bad, Muslims are good, and Starmer knows what is best for everyone.

The game does this by showing you a cute cartoon goth girl who says all the wrong things and must be punished.

Unsurprisingly, everyone decided she's the hero and started making fan art of her punching Starmer and deporting Muslims. The government has now disabled the website with the game.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

321 Charlie was just about to come out Ya-know-Hitler-wasn't-such-a-bad-guy before he was taken out!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (Q4cxx)

322 I heard that she is convinced that Charlie Kirk was a time traveler, and was possibly killed by time traveling Jews now?
Posted by: Frank Barone

Weather controlling, time traveling Jews with lazers on their heads!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (L/fGl)

323 The Marxists are pushing that ICE agents are areesting anyone who isn't a white person.

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (i+wP0)

324 Every time I hear someone talking about invading Greenland I hear the line from Rock Lobster "there goes a narwal".

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (Oql3v)

325 >>> 300
==

It's getting much worse:

https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n

Believe what they're telling you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb)

1) I see the Nose Ring Theory still holds (got the danger hair and crazy eyes, too!)
2) She's telling *other* people to do that, right?
3) Still waiting for my License to Slap a Dumb Bitch.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (ULPxl)

326 312 Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (YlWIZ)

No one wants to go to the Eastern Front.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (mP0Kj)

327 But there are some amazing pastors who walk the walk, and do it with humility.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OoFl2)


This is true. The pastor we had in my parish (Catholic) was one. But then they transferred him and we got an antisemitic dotard instead.
Barrel status: scraped (the bishop probably used our barrel)

Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (gKWVE)

328 The smellies in MN just got pushed back.

They are seriously outnumbered.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k)

329 Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men

Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea?

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q7yzj)

330 So if time travelers killed Charlie what happened to the Egyptian planes? Or were those planes time traveling too?

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (kgFPv)

331 The game does this by showing you a cute cartoon goth girl who says all the wrong things and must be punished.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)
---
Here's a club.

Do you:

1. Beat her down.
2. Call over a crowd to club her to death
3. Sympathize with Nazis

Choose which one.

*blinking prompt*

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q4cxx)

332 The Jews are in control of our food! Why else is the grocery store called HEB? IT'S RIGHT IN OUR FACES!!!

Posted by: Candace Tuck'er Ovens at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)

333 >>The hot new Jew conspiracy concerns Argentina.

>They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn.


That's not how Jewish Lightning works.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ZcsJV)

334 Actually the Jewminator can be bargained with, just let it pay wholesale

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Oql3v)

335 Weather controlling, time traveling Jews with lazers on their heads!

This makes Jews sound even cooler than the whole "Jews will send you IDF babes, a crate of AK-47s, and a Lamborghini" thing that was on X yesterday.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)

336 Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

The Canadian pastor was Arthur Pawlowski (sp?) There were some American pastors at big churches arrested as well for holding services during Covid lockdowns.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (ix8EF)

337 Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea?
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q7yzj)
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Who's going to invade from the North Sea? The Faroese?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (X4XpB)

338 Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men

---
Back in time to save baby Hitler?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Q4cxx)

339 319 Why do Somalis all look alike?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM

Because their family tree is 2 branches that keep intertwining.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (IifOV)

340 I can just picture French troops in Greenland.

"Mon Doo, eet ees focking freezing, wee wee! And zhere are no baguettes. No Grooyare! Zee ees tray unceevilized!"

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (gtcuf)

341 323 The Marxists are pushing that ICE agents are areesting anyone who isn't a white person.
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (i+wP0)

Given 99.99% of criminal aliens aren’t white it makes sense.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (kgFPv)

342 >>The 600 series had rubber skin and yarmulkes. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, pay full retail, everything.
Posted by: JewNet became self-aware on August 19, 1997. Oy vey! at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)


LOL


I think we could make and entire AI Movie before the Cafe hits, if we try hard enough.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (ZcsJV)

343 The Matztrix

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (gGWDB)

344 More and more I believe the entire State of Minnesota should go into receivership or something like that.
The entire legislature needs to be suspended and the Governor and his administration arrested.

Once the voter rolls have been purged and voter ID enabled then the citizens can cast votes for NEW legislature and Governor.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (Oq/TM)

345 328 The smellies in MN just got pushed back.

They are seriously outnumbered.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k)

=====

Fewer every day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

346 319 Why do Somalis all look alike?

Like Chris Rock mated with a guitar pick.

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (gtcuf)

347 >>> 344 More and more I believe the entire State of Minnesota should go into receivership or something like that.
The entire legislature needs to be suspended and the Governor and his administration arrested.

Once the voter rolls have been purged and voter ID enabled then the citizens can cast votes for NEW legislature and Governor.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (Oq/TM)

Not just Minnesota.

Posted by: CA, OR, WA, IL, NY, probably many more including so-called reds at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (ULPxl)

348 The original Jewinator was the golem.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)

349 337 Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea?
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM

Always guard against an invasion from Kamchatka

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (IifOV)

350 Trump is gonna invade and rename it Greenblatt to help you-know-who

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (gGWDB)

351 Emmie,

If you realize human nature is fallen, why is your default setting that you feel people will just feel remorse and behave themselves naturally?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (3AwA+)

352 Why do Somalis all look alike?

Massive inbreeding. All the jokes enlightened liberals make about the Deep South are actually true about Somalia.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

353 >>> 345 328 The smellies in MN just got pushed back.

They are seriously outnumbered.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k)

=====

Fewer every day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

Attrit, baby, attrit!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (ULPxl)

354 Headline (Fox News):

"RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70"

Winning!

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv)

355 An ICE agent bit my sister once.

Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (Q4cxx)

356 I wonder if the common Minnesotan knows what’s going on. They’re probably only been told racist right wingers are harassing Somali businesses or something like that. And since they only live ina. Reddit/MSM bubble they believe it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (kgFPv)

357 Greenland has always been at war with Eurasia

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (Oql3v)

358 Is Charlie the type of guy to kill baby Hitler?

He didn't kill baby Hitler though--did he?!

He must LIKE Hitler!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Q4cxx)
******
Only her dreams know.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

359 Urinepeon Union to send both troops and the tank to Greenland. If the tank starts. And if they can bum a ride.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (6V14C)

360 Minnesota should be gifted to Canada along with the entire NE.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (XjqVH)

361 Not just Minnesota.

Posted by: CA, OR, WA, IL, NY, probably many more including so-called reds at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (ULPxl)
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We can start with that though.

Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q4cxx)

362 The only thing the dems directly involved were antsy to do via enabling this was to line their own pockets. It's mid and low level ones that actually do the work here.
The higher level dems enabling the enablers by looking the other way are the ones aiming to inflate budgets and buy votes.

Posted by: heya at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (w4+QZ)

363 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?

You do have some P8 activity to the west of Tampa, along with a K-35R ciricling over Tampa. I'm guessing it's Godzilla.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q7yzj)

364 If you realize human nature is fallen, why is your default setting that you feel people will just feel remorse and behave themselves naturally?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (3AwA+)

Not to speak for Emmie but she said she wants it not that she "feels" they will.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (gGWDB)

365 "RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70"
Posted by: mrp

That's bait. The Lefties will melt-down about it...as they do with everything.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (JCZqz)

366 Charlie Kirk was a time traveler and Biff Tannen killed him to get a sports almanac. This was all revealed on a documentary I saw recently on AMC.

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (0e5Te)

367 340 I can just picture French troops in Greenland.

"Mon Doo, eet ees focking freezing, wee wee! And zhere are no baguettes. No Grooyare! Zee ees tray unceevilized!"

Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM

Always buy Used French rifles. They've never been fired, and only dropped once.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (IifOV)

368 It's getting much worse:

https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n

Believe what they're telling you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb)

1) I see the Nose Ring Theory still holds (got the danger hair and crazy eyes, too!)
2) She's telling *other* people to do that, right?
3) Still waiting for my License to Slap a Dumb Bitch.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (ULPxl)

Up-talking? Check.

Vocal fry? Check.

Vibrantly colored hair? Check.

Face metal? Check.

Crazy eyes? Check.

Ex-husband dude, you dodged the landmine. Congratulations. But unfortunately you must retake hot-crazy matrix training.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

369 >>> 363 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?

You do have some P8 activity to the west of Tampa, along with a K-35R ciricling over Tampa. I'm guessing it's Godzilla.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q7yzj)

Tampa?! How the fck did I get to Tampa!!! I *KNEW* I took a wrong turn at the Marianas Trench...

Posted by: Godzilla at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (ULPxl)

370 Well...back later horde.
Time for an ammo inventory and relooking the medical bag and rations.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)

371 I wonder if the common Minnesotan knows what’s going on. They’re probably only been told racist right wingers are harassing Somali businesses or something like that. And since they only live ina. Reddit/MSM bubble they believe it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (kgFPv)
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Away from the twin-cities it's different. A lady called in to Chris Plante the other day saying that she was in a store when ICE arrested an illegal. Everybody cheered and celebrated ICE.

Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (Q4cxx)

372 363 Wouldn't be that crazy given how the timeline is going right now

Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (Q0yOR)

373 354 Headline (Fox News):

"RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70"

Winning!
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv)

McDonalds stock goes through the roof

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (VE6XX)

374 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
---
Well, Fang-fang-bang said that jet fighters are a cure for insurrection.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (Q4cxx)

375 That damn Trump!

https://is.gd/1Tc7RV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

376 but those vehicles haven't been moved for six months.

Thus ruining the batteries and seals to get them ready for Cash for Clunkers 2.0.

Posted by: DaveA at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (FhXTo)

377 I'm thinking Minnesota needs to be carpet bombed and turned into a parking lot for Canadian EVs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (BSdIE)

378 Kirk was trying to fix the hot crazy matrix by sending Candace out as his representative.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (gGWDB)

379 Time for an ammo inventory and relooking the medical bag and rations.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)

Good reminder. I've let my rations store go lacking with the last 11 months of Trumpmas.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv)

380 The EU "army" is about to find that raping a sea lion is a lot different than their usual victims.

Sea lions and Polar bears (which aren't even FROM Poland) care nothing for your cigarettes and chocolate, Pierre.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:19 PM (6V14C)

381 The crazy lady in the vid has bright purple hair. As many have said vibrant colors in nature signal danger (poison frogs, snakes etc)

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (Oql3v)

382 Godzilla’s headed to Mar-A-Lago. Even he has to kiss Trump’s ring.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

383 That damn Trump!

https://is.gd/1Tc7RV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

Fuck that guy in particular. Lock him up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)

384
Tampa?! How the fck did I get to Tampa!!! I *KNEW* I took a wrong turn at the Marianas Trench...
Posted by: Godzilla


But the weather!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (pkeXY)

385 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.

Heh. In the dead of winter. Their ancestors thought it was "Green", too.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Q7yzj)


13 Germans from the report. They will either hole up in the Best Western in Nuuk, or bunk at one of the American bases.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

386 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except

So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF)

387 No mystery why Trump has the highest T.

If Melania's shadow was ever cast on the same wall as mine I would be a tripod for six months.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (6V14C)

388 They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn.
Posted by: Really??

Jewish lightning is both real and spectacular.

Posted by: Rabinowitz Brothers At Law at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (oftw2)

389 386 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except

So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF)

He knows his days are numbered

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (VE6XX)

390 Winners of the Week? A lot of ex-husbands across the Twin Cities who are watching these videos and saying, "See?!?!? I TOLD you guys what a crazy bitch she was and you said I was exaggerating!"

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (0e5Te)

391 Godzilla’s headed to Mar-A-Lago. Even he has to kiss Trump’s ring.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)
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Trump told him he didn't want to see anymore picking up and throwing down busses.

He said he's got to go.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:23 PM (Q4cxx)

392 375 That damn Trump!

https://is.gd/1Tc7RV
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl)


Walz is not making an appeal to Trump. You can't cause a person to view your position favorably by lying to their face about their motives.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 02:24 PM (FMtrg)

393 312 Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
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Everyone know from watching Hogan's Heroes that being sent to the Eastern Front is a threat to German soldiers to keep them behaving. Far better to be sent to the West.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:24 PM (WDjG6)

394 Headline (Fox 13 Seattle):

"WA Gov. Ferguson calls for millionaires’ tax in State of the State address"

9.9% state income tax for income over $1,000,000.

Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (rj6Yv)

395 Actually, Trump’s gonna send Godzy to Minneapolis.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

396 So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF)
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Maybe because he wants to stay on the rhetoric front, where he can conceivably win.

Or maybe it's the value of Trump warning him that he's close to citing the Insurrection act.

Imagine all the Trump could find out if he actually seized Minnesota.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Q4cxx)

397
245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM

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She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (azNOR)

398 nood


Trump

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (3uBP9)

399 She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (azNOR)

She's got a couple kids.. Someone should call Child Protective Services..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (VE6XX)

400 Tampon Timmy will be popular on the cell block. Share and share alike

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Oql3v)

401 Trump lifted one finger . . .

Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (L/fGl)

402 NOOD

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (0KSrI)

403 397.
AI is no substitute for I.

She's a window-licker.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (6V14C)

404 I have such disdain for these weirdo women like the woman with the purple hair and face jewelry and weird eyes urging people to go out and make ICE widows. First of all, is she even from MN and why isn't she putting herself on the line to do that? Psycho.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (ZeH0U)

405 She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Natural progression of a media channel, it starts out reasonable like the History Channel and then morphs into Ancient Aliens and Pawnshop reality tv shows before you know it.

Candace is a media whore, nothing more, nothing less and willing to do tricks like O/F to keep the grift flowing and the anti Jew overseas audience from Muzzies to grift is frigging huge.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (WDjG6)

406 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

407 So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM

Sadaam Hussein did the same thing before he went underground.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (IifOV)

408 o why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF

Plausible deniability

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:30 PM (gGWDB)

409
LOL

They have almost no troops and the ones they do have are completely useless without US Weapons, Training and Funding.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ZcsJV)




Not to mention transport. Virtually all EU owned air transport is about 100 or so A400s (C-130 style modern tactical transport). The US has even more C-17s, about 225, plus C-130s...

The old US Army infantry division (Light) standard from the late Cold War era was putting a full division of troops and supplies for 30 days operation (virtually no vehicles though) on the ground in about 500 sorties. Wildly optimistic as it turns out. We used to darkly joke that our job was to be flown in to quickly die in a loud, military manner so that the heavy US forces could build up and avenge our deaths 6 months later.

The EU is gonna have to borrow some airlift to put anything more than a tripwire into Greenland (I keep pointing this out, but it's a big factor)

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (y9nCu)

410 We could have had Pan Am shuttles to the moon base and Hilton hotels in orbit, but the money was pissed away on leftist nonsense.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (J15tX)

411 I thought Trans was good? Oh wait, transportation. Got it.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (tV890)

412 Candace Owens

I could fix her.

Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (Vu7A1)

413 Where the hell is $6M cash coming from per week?
Is it just dozens/hundreds? of Somali scammers pooling their individual scams into the weekly airport transfers.
You can only imagine how much cash was getting skimmed off the top by the individualual scammers before it gets pooled.
This is one hell of an organization when comprised of a population with an average iQ of 68.
Someone has to have the books on this side of the transfer.

ALL of this money being funnelled out by probably a handful of men for years but somehow nobody in the security chain thinks it would be a good idea to get the IRS involved to ask the couriers who they got the money from and then pursuing that.

This fraud is just getting wider and deeper.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2Nfh9)

414 So if I go to the airport with $10,000 in cash, it gets confiscated and I could face penalties but a Somali can take $6million and nothing can be done?

Posted by: EGGO at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (7V7Hl)

415 Mea culpa, this is the first I've joined in today.

Regarding the topic, I wonder if this is relevant? I think it is & it could be particularly damning.

Kare11 dot com, 'New rideshare rates take effect across Minnesota.' A law passed in May now requires that transportation network company drivers earn a minimum of $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. Published 12/2/24.

In part, "MINNEAPOLIS — Rideshare fares will cost you a bit more after a new law setting minimum pay levels for transportation network drivers kicked in on Dec. 1.

The law, passed in May during the 2024 legislative session, pushes minimum pay for drivers who work for Uber, Lyft and similar transportation networks to $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. There is a minimum ride charge of $5. Along with the new minimum rates, the law is designed to provide greater transparency into what customers are charged, increase insurance coverage, and build new partnerships with community organizations to assist and support drivers."

🤔

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (NFX2v)

416 Are they paying taxes on any of the loot?

Posted by: Hal Dall at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (6kJTx)

417 We have not yet begun to Gay!

Posted by: Star Trek Producers at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (Q4cxx)

418 At one time Pirates were Hung(Capt Kidd)but now we send them to Prison and these one should all get Life in Prison along with the Minneapolis City Council and Walz-Face

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wGqjj)

419 143: "I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population." --whig

I think most conservatives would agree with you, but I disagree: Recent polls say population is 27% each for R and D, with 44% "independent." Now, 20 to 30% of *Republicans* oppose Trump, while 98% of Dems will vote for any shithead who runs as a D, including Walz, Newsom, Cackles etc.
..This leaves the mass of independents. And I think they still believe the U.S. is raaacist and needs t' take in mo' of doze "po' refugees," who nevah commit no crimes. So my guess is that independents will split 60/40 for the media-reported "compassionate" Democrat and against the mean ol' Orange Hitler.
....I'm *really* worried about the mid-terms. Looks to me as if the Dems are starting to build momentum.

Posted by: sf at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (hohh4)

420

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XeU6L)

421 The confidence of bitches like Omar is infuriating. And I live in this great state minus the Twin Shitties.

Cee
U
Next
Tuesday

I would like to see a lot more on shitheads like this than Tucka.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:42 PM (iXm17)

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